Huge China fund to support domestic art projects
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THE Chinese government will spend 429 million yuan (US$70 million) to support domestic art projects in a drive to boost the country’s cultural influence.
As part of the China National Arts Fund (CNAF), a state fund in its first year, the money will distributed to 394 projects in four categories — stage productions, paintings-calligraphy-photography, communication and exchange as well as talent cultivation, according to a CNAF statement released yesterday.
The fund is in line with President Xi Jinping’s remarks last month urging the country’s artists to create more works that are artistically outstanding and morally inspiring, calling art and culture an indispensable contributor to the Chinese dream of national rejuvenation.
The lion’s share of the fund — 230 million yuan — will go to promote art such as dramas, musicals, traditional local operas and children’s plays.
According to CNAF vice director-general Zhao Shaohua, more than 70 productions, including stage plays, songs, photography and traditional operas, drew inspiration from the “Chinese dream” theme.
Applications were received between June 1 and August 1.
Winners of the funds will be publicized by the end of the year, with one in 10 likely to be among the winners.
“Art projects winning this year’s fund will feature rich thoughts, high artistic values and those that are easy to enjoy,” said CNAF Director Huang Jiayu.
“There will be special focus on those targeting grassroots people and the remote, impoverished and ethnic regions,” Huang said.
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