On December 23^rd, the NCPA and Beijing Publishing Group reached a strategic cooperation agreement. WANG Ning, Vice Chairman of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the CPPCC, Secretary of the Leading Party Members’ Group and President of the NCPA, LI Zhixiang, ZHAO Tiechun and GONG Jicheng, Vice Presidents of the NCPA, KANG Wei, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Beijing Publishing Group and other leaders attended the signing ceremony.

As one of the world's largest and leading national centre for the performing arts, the NCPA has always cherished its original aspirations to serve the people with arts, by constantly providing classical performances, presenting fine productions, broadening artistic audiences, and creating an art palace for the people. The Beijing Publishing Group is one of the large-scale comprehensive publishing organizations in Beijing. The two parties will establish a strategic partnership based on their respective advantages, explore new production and promotion models for art works, build a comprehensive exhibition platform and promote the innovative integration of literature and art.

The NCPA President WANG Ning said, “We hope that our two sides will take cultural enrichment as goal, leverage our complementary strength in resources, jointly create more excellent works that highlight Chinese aesthetic interests, spread contemporary Chinese values and reflect the common values pursued by all human beings, promote the integration of literature and art, activate the vitality of Chinese culture, and make greater contributions to the development of Chinese culture.”

The Chairman of Beijing Publishing Group KANG Wei said, “The signing of the strategic cooperation agreement represents a strong partnership between our group and the NCPA. In the future, we will commit to important initiatives for integrated and cross-over development, seek for win-win situations, and make contributions to the cultural construction of Beijing with high-quality and more sustainable communication and cooperation.”