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Arts and crafts gain focus in Wuxi

(chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2015-10-16 16:59

Arts and crafts gain focus in Wuxi

The fair's goal is to stimulate mass cultural consumption and fuel the development of the cultural industry. [Photo/wxrb.com]

The 5th China (Wuxi) Culture and Art Industries Fair, with the theme "inheritance, innovation, integration", will run from Oct 15 to 19 at the Taihu International Expo Center.

The fair's goal is to stimulate mass cultural consumption and fuel the development of the cultural industry.

The fair displays arts and crafts, including calligraphy and paintings, strings of beads, jade and porcelain by around 1,000 exhibitors, within an area of 47,000 square meters.

The previous four fairs saw a total of 433,000 visitors and 448 million yuan ($70.51 million) in turnover.

Wuxi has a profound cultural background and economy. The fair is the achievement of its targeted cultural industry development, which leads in Jiangsu province.

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