The Opening Ceremony of “Connecting the Sea and the River — Works Exchange Exhibition for Distinguished Professors at City University of Macau” Is Held

On October 18, as the third movement of the ties between Jiangsu Province and Macao, Connecting the Sea and the River--Works Exchange Exhibition for Distinguished Professors of City University of Macau, was opened at the Art Museum of West Taihu Lake. This exhibition is a continuation of the two exhibitions of “Connecting the River and Sea--Jiangsu-Macao Calligraphy and Painting Exhibition” in 2016 and “Connecting the River and Sea--Exhibition of the Art Museum of West Taihu Lake of Changzhou in Macau” in 2017.

Xu Liming, member of the National Committee of CPPCC, Director of the Chinese Calligraphers Association, Vice Chairman of the Jiangsu Provincial Calligraphers Association, Director of the Jiangsu Provincial Calligraphy Creation Research Center, professor at the Nanjing University of the Arts and Ph.D. supervisor; Qu Jian, Director of China Literature and Art Critics Association, Deputy Secretary-general of the Shaanxi Artists Association, Dean of the School of Arts, Northwest University; Shi Xiaoping, Secretary of the Party Working Committee of the West Taihu Lake Science and Technology Industrial Park of Changzhou; Zhu Jia Li, Deputy Director of the Management Committee of the West Taihu Lake Science and Technology Industrial Park; CityU Rector Shu Guang Zhang, and Sun Jiangtao, Director of the Research Center for Arts Education, attended the opening ceremony. Many teachers, students and citizens attended the ceremony.

The "Connecting the River and Sea" series of exhibitions will further promote the close exchange of the culture and art in Jiangsu regions, help build a new channel for Macao's advantageous resources to enter the mainland, and make new contributions to the future cooperation between Jiangsu and Macao in terms of cultural exchanges.

At the opening ceremony, Anna Zhang, Director of the Art Museum of West Taihu Lake, presented the museum’s connection, "Lake Painting", to the Research Centre for Arts Education of CityU, which symbolizes the deep friendship between the Art Museum of West Taihu Lake and the Research Center for Arts Education of CityU.

The opening ceremony was also attended by Chen Jianguo, Deputy Director of the Standing Committee of the Changzhou People's Congress, Lu Yafen, Deputy Chairman of Wujin District Committee of the CPPCC, Huang Yafen, researcher at the New Broadcasting and Entertainment Bureau of Changzhou, Tao Ke, Executive Deputy Director of Publicity Department of Wujin District, Dai Zhihua, Director of the Management Committee of West Taihu Science and Technology Industrial Park, Tang Hongquan, Dean of Liu Haisu Art School of Jiangsu University of Technology, Xia Zhengzheng, President of the Literary Federation of Wujin District, Li Qing, Vice President of Changzhou Artists Association, Director of Liu Haisu Art Museum, Li Xiaodong, Vice President of Changzhou Art Academy, Leng Tianming, Vice President of Changzhou Artists Association, Rui Xinfeng, Vice President of Changzhou Young Calligraphers Association, and a full-time painter at Changzhou Art Academy, and Chen Jie, Deputy Secretary-general of Jiangsu Young Calligraphers Association, Director of Changzhou Civil Service Calligraphers Association, and member of Wujin District Committee of the CPPCC.