(Notice on Printing and Distribution of the Charter of Art Festival ofChinaof the Ministry of Culture

We hereby notice that: The Art Festival of China, the national festival of China with Comrade Deng Xiaoping inscribing the name for it, has been held for four times, and the fifth shall be held this year. The Art Festival has made positive effects in stimulating the development and prosperity of the course of socialist art, satisfying the people's demand for cultural life, promote the material and ethical progress, and accelerating the development in all courses of culture, science and technology, economy and trade, tourism, etc., of the regions holding the festival. In order to hold the festival better and better, and to make it regular and systematic, we hereby print and distribute the Charter of Art Festival ofChinato you for your compliance

May 12, 1997.)

Chapter I General Provisions

Article 1 The Art Festival ofChinais a national art festival sponsored by the Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic ofChina.

Article 2 The objective of the Art Festival of China is: by carrying out the art's direction of serving the people and serving socialism and policy of letting a hundred flowers blossom and a hundred schools of thought contend set by the Party, to collect elaborate works of art, carry forward the Chinese national culture, inspire the spirit of the Chinese nation, have a focused review of the outcome of the course of art during a period, promote the development and prosperity of the course of socialist art, satisfy the people's demand for cultural life, improve socialist material and ethic civilization, accelerate the development of the courses of science and technology, economy and trade, tourism of the region where the festival is held, carry out foreign cultural exchanges, and enhance the position and influence of Chinese art in international community.

Article 3 The Art Festival ofChinashall be held once every three years. The place to hold each art festival shall be subject to the conditions of each bidding place.