ready to make friends through paintings, youths from various asian countries have launched an"art dialogue".
hosted by liaoning provincial people's association for friendship with foreign countries, organized by dalian municipal bureau of culture and tourism, dalian municipal people's association for friendship with foreign countries and cri online liaoning channel, and supported by the chinese people's association for friendship with foreign countries, the 8th asian children's art exhibition kicked off at dalian museum on july 15.
group photo of presented leaders and guests and children winning awards [photo by yang ningtao]
with the theme of"meeting, love and future" and after months of collection and preparation, the exhibition features 240 paintings from countries and regions such as democratic people's republic of korea, republic of korea, malaysia, japan, thailand, and singapore.
some representative works at the 8th asian children's art exhibition [photo via liaoning provincial people's association for friendship with foreign countries]
held in dalian this year, the exhibition, through conducting art exchanges among children and youths, aims at further expanding channels for the city to deepen exchanges with friendly organizations from other asian countries, continuously promoting the construction of foreign exchange platforms, and strengthening people-to-people bonds along the belt and road. meanwhile, it will help dalian in building the"culture city of east asia" and enable the world to learn more about dalian.
li xikui, vice chairman of the chinese people's association for friendship with foreign countries, delivers an address through the video. [photo by yang ningtao]
since 2015, liaoning provincial people's association for friendship with foreign countries has held the asian children's art exhibition for seven consecutive years, building a bridge for enhancing communication among asian youths.
first prize-winning work"world peace" by ge mengyu from liaoning, china [photo via liaoning provincial people's association for friendship with foreign countries]
first prize-winning work"friendship" by yoo ye-eun (류예은) from dprk [photo via liaoning provincial people's association for friendship with foreign countries]
second prize-winning work"the night sky seen in nagano prefecture" by yishi tsukamoto (つかもと みこと) from japan [photo via liaoning provincial people's association for friendship with foreign countries]
second prize-winning work"a girl's expectations" by patcharin rengrut from thailand [photo via liaoning provincial people's association for friendship with foreign countries]