China's new arts center to include Victoria & Albert gallery space

Britain's Victoria & Albert Museum and Chinese conglomerate China Merchants Group have confirmed their joint project, a new cultural center in Shenzhen, will open in December.

Experts from the V&A the world's largest decorative art and design museum have worked with Chinese partners over three years to help develop Design Society, a new cultural hub in the industrial city in south China.

Design Society, which is based in the Sea World Culture and Arts Centre in Shekou district, comprises a multipurpose hall, theater, restaurants, retail spaces and multiple galleries, including a new outpost of the V&A.