Milan puts design in the spotlight

More than 20 top Chinese designers will exhibit next week at Milan Design Week, in a bid to promote Chinese design abroad and to encourage international exchanges, organizers say.

Curated by Yang Dongjiang, deputy director of Tsinghua University of Arts and Design, and Gilda Bojardi, chief editor of the INTERNI magazine, the exhibition includes architecture, industrial products, furniture and installations.

"The time of 'made in China' is shifting toward a time of 'created in China'. China was known for copying, and that will have to change," says Wang Linpeng, president of Beijing Easyhome Investment Holding Group, sponsor of the exhibition.