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We couldn't expect a lot of 'peaks' to pop up right away, however, there are writers and artists who are very close to reaching that level, for example Mo Yan (Nobel literature laureate in 2012)."

FAN ZENG, contemporary master of traditional Chinese painting and calligraphy, speaking to a group of 200 journalists at a symposium held by the All China's Journalists Association on Thursday. Fan echoes President Xi's remark that "there is already a 'plateau' but not yet a 'peak' " in the arts in China during a forum on art and literature on Oct 15.