Children's theater event set to feature seven plays in Shanghai

The upcoming Shanghai International Children's Theater Festival will put up seven plays by troupes from home and abroad to children aged 3 and above at the Art Theater of the China Welfare Institute.

Over 50,000 participants are expected to attend the festival, according to the organizers.

"The festival will present creative plays to children and act as a key platform for international exchange on dramas for children, and this will in turn help to drive the industry in the country," says Song Zhongbei, deputy secretary-general at China Welfare Institute, one of the organizers of the festival.