Saturday, October 20, 2001, updated at 10:10(GMT+8)
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China to Host National Painting Exhibition
The First National Chinese Painting Exhibition, the top of its kind in China, is to be hosted October 30-November 8 in this capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province.
The 10-day event, which has the theme "Creative and Classic", will display 318 outstanding painting works by artists from 30 painting academies of provincial, municipal and autonomous regional levels across the country.
Sponsored by the art department of the Ministry of Culture and the provincial art bureau of Shaanxi, the exhibition will also show more than 60 famous painting works by a number of world famous Chinese painters including Qi Baishi, Li Keran, Ye Qianyu and Fu Baoshi.
In addition, the ministry will carry out a national work conference on art and culture during the period.
The First National Chinese Painting Exhibition, the top of its kind in China, is to be hosted October 30-November 8 in this capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province.