On October 26, 2018, the opening ceremony of the "Belt and Road" Culture Trade Exhibition and Trade Fair of the 2018 China Beijing International Cultural and Creative Industries Expo was grandly opened at the National Foreign Trade and Culture Trade Base (Beijing), with Zhou Maofei, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Beijing Municipal Culture Investment and Development Group, Li Luxia, Deputy Director of Beijing Municipal Council for the Promotion of International Trade and Deputy Director of the Organizing Office of the Beijing Cultural and Creative Industries Expo. Zhou Maofei, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Beijing Cultural Investment and Development Group, Li Luxia, Deputy Director of Beijing Municipal Council for the Promotion of International Trade and Deputy Director of Beijing Cultural Expo Organizing Committee Office, Song Jianming, Director of Beijing Tianzhu Comprehensive Free Trade Zone Management Committee, and Li Xiaoming, Deputy Director of Beijing Municipal Office of Supervision and Administration of State-owned Cultural Assets, attended the opening ceremony and delivered speeches.

     The guests of honor were Li Xiaoming, Deputy Director of Beijing Municipal Office of Supervision and Administration of State-owned Cultural Assets, Che Yanling, Deputy Director of Beijing Customs, Xiang Dechun, Deputy Director of Beijing Municipal Bureau of Cultural Heritage, Li Luxia, Deputy Director of Beijing Municipal Council for the Promotion of International Trade and Deputy Director of Beijing Cultural Fair Organizing Committee Office, Song Jianming, Director of Beijing Tianzhu Comprehensive Bonded Zone Management Committee, Yue Yanmei, Vice Mayor of Shunyi District, Zhou Maofei, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Beijing Municipal Cultural Investment Development Group, and so on. Zhou Maofei, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the Board of Directors, etc. The event also invited former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of China to Nepal Li Debiao, Executive Chairman of China International Culture Communication Center Long Yuxiang, President of Japan-China Association for the Promotion of Traditional Culture Ryudo Huacai, Chairman of Imperial City Culture Co. Ltd. and Head of Asia Art Center Nancy Xu, Chairman of Danghong Qitian Culture Group Qi Xiaoxiao, and other elites in the field of domestic and foreign well-known enterprises and media.

     This event aims to promote exchanges and cooperation between China and the "Belt and Road" countries and realize the development strategy of "going out and bringing in" culture. Mr. Zhou Maofei, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Beijing Cultural Investment and Development Group (BCIDG), said that the 19th CPC National Congress attaches great importance to the development of culture, which is the soul of a country's development and a kind of soft power, and plays a vital role in the progress of the country and the region. Since its establishment, Wentou Group has attached great importance to cultural construction, made breakthroughs in the introduction of industries and investment in enterprises, and established cooperation with nearly 40 enterprises in the areas of artwork, film and television, books, cultural equipment, etc., and gradually formed the embryo of the culture and trade industry platform. He also emphasized that "CIC is willing to shoulder the mission of national culture dissemination and development obligingly and strive to contribute to the cultural cause."

(Zhou Maofei, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the Board, Beijing Cultural Investment and Development Group)

     Ms. Li Luxia, deputy director of Beijing Municipal Council for the Promotion of International Trade (BCT) and deputy director of Beijing Cultural Fair Organizing Committee Office, has been to Tianzhu Free Trade Zone, the national foreign trade and culture base, many times, and she said, "The Cultural Investment Group is a team with a spirit of commitment, working in a state of mind and passion, and their hard work and perseverance have infected me many times. As the chairman of Beijing Trade Association, I am willing to mobilize more forces to cooperate with foreign work and promote the development of foreign culture. "

     Afterwards, Song Jianming, director of Beijing Tianzhu Comprehensive Free Trade Zone Management Committee, took the stage to make a speech, "'One Belt, One Road' is not only the road of commerce and trade, but also the road of culture. "National foreign trade and culture base Tianzhu Free Trade Zone will work harder to improve the foreign cultural trade base, export base, service system, enhance the capital's cultural distribution function, open the international and domestic markets, and do our best for the prosperity and progress of the cultural cause.

(Song Jianming, Director of Beijing Tianzhu Comprehensive Free Trade Zone Management Committee)

     "Cultural exchanges and trade are the strong ties of 'One Belt, One Road'" Li Xiaoming, Deputy Director of Beijing State-owned Cultural Assets Supervision and Administration Office, said that cultural trade is the most powerful bridge and tie for people's heart-to-heart communication, and that the National Foreign Cultural Trade Base will focus on the key foreign cultural investment projects and enterprises of "One Belt, One Road" countries under the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. The National Foreign Cultural Trade Base will focus on the key foreign cultural investment projects and enterprises in the "Belt and Road" countries of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, recommend and display strategic foreign cultural products, carry out project cooperation with enterprises in the countries along the "Belt and Road", promote the cultural development of the relevant countries, and provide a strong link for the people's heart to communicate with each other and for the future of the National Foreign Cultural Trade Base. This will open up a bright future for the communication of people's hearts and the future of the national foreign cultural trade base.

(Li Xiaoming, Deputy Director, Beijing Municipal Office of Supervision and Administration of State-owned Cultural Assets)

     Afterwards, the General Assembly held a ceremony to inaugurate the LOGO of the State Base for Trade in Culture with Foreign Countries (Beijing). The new LOGO of the National Foreign Cultural Trade Base is an important carrier of the brand of the National Foreign Cultural Trade Base, which highlights the brand image and cultural characteristics of the Base. The image of the new LOGO is a goose taking off and soaring, symbolizing the enhancement, breakthrough and take-off of the National Foreign Cultural Trade Base, reflecting the role of the base as an important engine for culture "going out and bringing in", and showing the base's role in building the national "Belt and Road" center hub and the hub for the development of cultural trade. It shows the determination and confidence of the base to build the center hub and important platform for the development of national "Belt and Road" culture trade.

     The General Assembly also held a ceremony for the newly settled Asia Art Center, Beijing Danghong Qitian International Cultural Development Group, Beijing Cultural Trade Language Service Base and Beijing Shengxuan Art Development Co., Ltd. and other 8 representative enterprises, the National Foreign Cultural Trade Base Enterprise Clustering Center, in attracting international and domestic outstanding cultural trade enterprises to settle in the new important progress.

     After the opening ceremony, the leaders and guests visited the exhibition of "Belt and Road" Culture Trade and Investment Key Projects of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the exhibition of projects in the region. And under the leadership of Qi Xiaoxiao, Chairman of Danghong Qitian Culture Group, they participated in the unveiling ceremony of Danghong Qitian Innovation Center in the National Foreign Culture Trade Base.

     The "Belt and Road" Cultural Trade Exhibition and Trade Fair will also welcome the first 40 "Belt and Road" cultural key trade enterprises and projects of the Ministry of Culture to display in the area, and will hold the 2018 "Belt and Road" Cultural Trade and Investment Key Projects Promotion and Exchange Conference on the afternoon of 26th and 27th, and the 2018 International Forum on Art Trade, which will play an important role in promoting international cultural exchanges and trade. On the afternoon of 26th and 27th, the 2018 "Belt and Road" Cultural Trade and Investment Key Projects Promotion and Exchange Meeting and the 2018 Art Trade International Forum, which will play an important role in promoting international cultural exchange and trade.

     Introduction to the National Foreign Culture Trade Base:

     The National Foreign Culture Trade Base and Beijing Tianzhu Comprehensive Free Trade Zone Culture Bonded Park is a national foreign culture trade service platform established by the Ministry of Culture and Beijing Municipality under the framework of cooperation between the Ministry and the city, and officially licensed by the Ministry of Culture. According to the deployment of Beijing Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government, Beijing Cultural Investment and Development Group has been fully responsible for the development of the National Foreign Cultural Trade Base since July 2017, and newly established Beijing Cultural Investment International Holding Company Limited as the main body of investment construction and operation management of the base. The base is located in Beijing Tianzhu Comprehensive Free Trade Zone, adjacent to the Capital International Airport, covering an area of 235 mu (157,000 square meters), with a total construction area of about 500,000 square meters. Focusing on the "Belt and Road" development initiative and the requirements of the cultural development strategy, the base gives full play to the bonded policy, function and service advantages of the airport, and provides domestic and foreign cultural institutions with three functional areas: international cultural trade enterprise clustering center, international cultural products exhibition and display and warehousing and logistics center, and international cultural commodities trading and service center, which provide them with exhibition experience, exchange and promotion, trading and delivery, incubation, and other services, The three functional areas of International Cultural Commodities Trade Service Center provide domestic and foreign cultural institutions with international services such as exhibition, experience, exchange and promotion, trading and delivery, incubation, financing and investment, and warehousing and logistics. The construction and development of the base is based on Beijing, serves the whole country and faces the world, and is committed to becoming a global cultural exhibition, exchange and trading center.