Guangzhou’s Great Baitan Bay Area Art Center Officially Opens with Ceremony

On the evening of April 28, the opening ceremony of the Great Baitan Bay Area Art Center was held in Guangzhou. Huang Kunming, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, attended and announced the official opening of the Great Baitan Bay Area Art Center, and the new Guangdong Art Museum, Department of Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum Guangdong, and the Guangdong Literature Museum was officially opened. Wang Weizhong, deputy secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and governor of the province, was present and delivered a speech. event.

Baietan Great Bay Area Art Center is located at the intersection of Sanjiang and Baietan in Liwan District, Guangzhou. China Academician He Jingtang from the Academy of Engineering led the team to design, with a total construction area of ​​more than 140,000 square meters and a total exhibition area of ​​40,000 square meters The shape is like a ship anchored on the shore of the Pearl River, meaning that a large ship full of treasure boxes of Lingnan culture and art is about to sail.

On behalf of the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government, Wang Weizhong congratulated the official opening of the Baitan Greater Bay Area Art Center. He said that General Secretary Xi Jinping attaches great importance to cultural construction and emphasizes the need to strengthen cultural confidence, maintain openness and inclusiveness, adhere to integrity and innovation, and work together to create a new culture that belongs to our era and build a modern civilization. of the Chinese nation. Guangdong has heeded the guidance of General Secretary Yin Yin, placed the construction of a culturally powerful province in a prominent position, enriched the supply of high-quality culture, and vigorously promoted the prosperity and development of cultural enterprises and cultural industries. The construction of Baitan Greater Bay Area Art Center to create “a landmark of Lingnan culture, a destination for public recreation, and a meeting room for exchanges in the Bay Area” is an important step for Guangdong to implement Xi Jinping’s cultural thoughts to implement and promote the construction of a culturally powerful province. promote between Chinese and foreign civilizations. At present, Guangdong is fully implementing the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important speeches and important guidance during his inspection of Guangdong, implementing the special practice of the “1310” Regional Party Committee, bravely carrying out new cultural missions, and vigorously nurturing people up, kind and strong. a high-level culturally powerful province and an important window to showcase the modern civilization of the Chinese nation. We sincerely invite friends at home and abroad to come to Guangdong and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area to appreciate the inclusive, long-standing and exquisite Lingnan culture, to enjoy from the green and beautiful picture of the coexistence of man and nature, and to experience the passionate and dynamic development, full of charm and vitality, dynamic and innovative Guangdong.

Fan Di’an, Chairman of the China Artists Association, gave a speech at the opening ceremony and congratulated the official opening of Baietan Bay Area Art Center. He said that the Greater Baitan Bay Area Art Center is a major public cultural resource that reflects the characteristics of Guangdong and has international standards. The completion and opening of the project will establish a “new landmark” for art and culture in the District. the Great Bay. The development of Guangdong art in the last century is a prime example of the development of Chinese art, and it has a great influence on the development of Chinese modern art and art education. This opening show is a good show of Guangdong. The Chinese Artists Association will continue to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with Guangdong Fine Arts and promote the high-quality development of Chinese fine arts in the new era and the new direction.

At the opening ceremony, “Great Bay Area Art Center Construction Tour Film” was played, and drone performances and art performances were held. After the opening ceremony, the chief guests visited Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangdong Province Museum of Intangible Cultural Heritage, and Guangdong Literature Museum for inspection.

Provincial leaders Chen Jianwen, Zhang Hu, Wang Xi, Guo Yonghang, Tan Ling, Zhang Shaokang, Guangzhou Mayor Sun Zhiyang, Shenzhen People’s Congress Standing Committee Director Dai Yunlong, Chinese Academy of Engineering academics He Jingtang and Wu Zhiqiang, Sun Yat-sen University Party Committee Secretary Chen Chunsheng and others attended the event.