1st Citizen Culture & Art Festival ends
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- Category: Ningbo News
- Published: Tuesday, 02 December 2014 12:58
The closing ceremony of the 1st Ningbo Citizen Culture & Art Festival as well as the awarding ceremony for "Good Songs from Ningbo" was held at Ningbo Grand Theatre on the evening of November 24. Hong Jiaxiang, Member of the Standing Committee and Director of the Propaganda Department of Ningbo Municipal Party Committee made a speech on the ceremony, and also attended the ceremony were Weng Lumin, Deputy-director of the Standing Committee of Ningbo Municipal Party Committee and Chairman of Ningbo Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Vice-mayor Zhang Minghua, and Jiang Jianwei, Deputy-chairman of Ningbo CPPCC.
At the ceremony, six organizations were awarded the prize for distinctive organization of the festival activities, including Ningbo Performing Arts Group, Ningbo Cultural Center, the Propaganda Department of Yuyao County Party Committee, the Propaganda Department of Zhenhai District Party Committee, Ningbo Literary and Art Volunteer Society and Ningbo Cultural Plazza Investment Co. Ltd. In addition, all the other prizes were awarded, such as the most influential international award, the media attention award, the most popular award, cultural public welfare award, cultural consumption promotion award and city image promotion award.
This session of the Citizen Culture & Art Festival lasted for two months, integrating the public welfare cultural consumption month activity to satisfy the public's demand for spirit culture. Over 150 cultural activities covered almost all the categories of culture and art, involving all the cultural venues and cultural transmission carriers in Ningbo.
During the two months, the citizens took chances to participate in such activities as watching shows, movies and operas, appreciating calligraphy and painting works, and reading classics. Statistics show that 310,000 people were involved in various kinds of cultural activities at all levels. According to the satisfaction report made by a third-party survey institute, up to 75.5% of the participants were satisfied or very satisfied with the activities.
The festival has also been combined with some international events, such as the 6th China International Vocal Contest and the 1st Ningbo International Short Film Week for Cultural Plaza, which have helped to improve the international radiation effects of Ningbo's cultural exchange and cooperation with the outside world.
In terms of cultural consumption in the interest of the citizens, the Cultural Card is well received by the local people. All the cultural consumption venues in Ningbo took active part in the activities by extending their opening hours and offering larger discounts to attract more citizens for consumption and promote the development of the "moonlight economy" in Ningbo.
