Chinese Culture Season, China-UK Year of Cultural Exchange2015
Key Events
Event / About / Time and Place / Organizer/PartnerPREPARATION
Logo Design / Logo design and public voting / September-October, 2014 / Ministry of Culture of
the People’s Republic of China
British Council
Press Conference in Beijing / 24 July, 2015, Beijing
Press Conference in London / 4 August, 2015, London / Chinese Embassy in the UK
Ministry of Culture of
the People’s Republic of China
DESIGN
Chinese designs in
London Fashion Week / Featuring China’s latest fashion designs and facilitating interactions between fashion talents from the both countries / 18-22 September, London / Shanghai Commission for Commerce
Shanghai Int’l Fashion Centre
Shanghai Fashion Week Committee
China Pavilion in
London Design Festival /
- China Pavilion at 100% Design
- China-UK Design Forum at V&A
- The launch of China-UK Design Link
Olympia, V&A, London / Shenzhen Trade and Information Commission
Shenzhen Industrial Design Profession Association
London Design Festival
100% Design
CREATIVE INDUSTRY
The Launching Ceremony of Shenzhen-Edinburgh International
Creative Industry Incubation Centre / August, Edinburgh / The Culture, Sport and Tourism Bureauof Shenzhen
Creative Industry and Cultural Trade Forum of China and UK / Theme：Creative Industries: trade promotion and cultural inheritance
Parallel session 1: Tradition and Modern: Innovation and cooperation of Performing
Parallel session 2: Classic and Fashion: Sino-UK Creative Industry and Integration between Culture and Science / September-October,
GoldsmithsCollege, London
New CastleUniversity,
New Castle / China Institute forCultural Trade Research
New CastleUniversity
Goldsmiths, University of London
BeijingInternationalStudiesUniversity
PERFOMING ART
Opening Gala of Edinburgh Int’l Festival / Beijing Golden Sail Student Art Group performs at the opening event / 17-28 July / Centre for International Cultural Exchanges
Dongcheng District Education Committee
Beijing Golden Sail Student Art Group
Richard III / Presented by National Theatre of China, Richard III returns to the stage in London / 18-26 July, London / National Theatre of China
Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre
Edinburgh Military Tattoo / People's Liberation Army Orchestra and Zhejiang Changxing Lotus Dragon Art Group perform at Edinburgh Military Tatoo / 1-31 August, Edinburgh / Edinburgh Military Tattoo
PLA Orchestra
Zhejiang Changxing Lotus Dragon Art Group
Edinburgh International Festival / Modern Dance by Tao Dance Theatre / 17,18 August
Royal Lyceum Theatre
Lang Lang in Recital / 19 August
（With Philharmonia Orchestra）
21 August（Recital）,Usher Hall
Yuja Wang Piano Concert / 26 August（Yuja Wang and Leonidas Kavakos）, Queen’s Hall
28 August（With San Francisco Symphony）,Usher Hall
Children’s play Dragon / 14-16 August
Royal Lyceum Theatre / Children's ArtTheatre Troupe of Tianjin
National Theatre of Scotland
Modern Dance Genesis / Creates by Yabin Studio / 29,30 September
Sadler’s Wells Theatre / Yabin Studio
Sadler’s Wells Theatre
Peking Opera / China National Peking Opera Company presents Women Generals of the Yang Family and Farewell to My Concubine / 10-25 November
Echo Arena, Liverpool
Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London / China National Peking Opera Company
Sinolink
TRAINING PROGRAM
Museum professional training / Trainees to attend programs in the UK / Second half of 2015 / Ministry of Culture of
the People’s Republic of China
British Council
MEDIA EVENTS
Amazing China: 2015 Mobile Phone Photo Contest / A global competition encouraging tourists around the world to discover the beauty ofChina. / August - November / China Daily
Royal Photographic Society
China-UK Video Clip Festival / Original videos from China and the UK will be shown on iQIYI.com and YouTube / August - December
A Day of Chinese Films / In association with Edinburgh InternationalFilm Festival / August - September / ChinaState Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television
Propeller Chinese Culture Season Special Program / Special programs featuring Chinese Culture Season events / Throughout Chinese Culture Season / Propeller TV
Total / 21 events under 6 categories
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