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A new art museum opens in Beijing, backed by a banking enterprise. Deng Zhangyu reports.

Following a three-year preparation, Beijing Minsheng Art Museum opened to public viewing on Thursday with a large-scale inaugural exhibition featuring contemporary art by more than 100 Chinese artists.

Considered one of the country's biggest private art museums to date, about twice the size of the National Art Museum of China, Beijing Minsheng is spread over 35,000 square meters. The space was once used as a factory, like many other such art galleries near the 798 Art Zone, a landmark of the Chinese capital.