未来畅想——2024“多彩世界”云上画展之一

Preface

The awarding and opening ceremonies of the 2024 “Colourful World” International Youth Painting Invitational Exhibition organized by the Beijing People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries and other partners was grandly held at China National Film Museum on November 23, 2024. Selected works of the award-winning paintings were on exhibition offline till December 7 while all the award-winning paintings were on show online at the same time at the following website link: colorfulworld.waae.com.cn.

In 2024, the award-winning works from the Painting Exhibitions of past years have been showcased at several important events. To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France, the 2024 “Breath of the East”: Thematic Exhibition on Chinese Culture, co-hosted by the Information Office of Beijing Municipality and China International Communications Group, was opened at the Paris International Exposition in France, featuring 18 works from the Painting Exhibition. On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of President Xi Jinping’s state visit to Australia, the “Charm of Beijing” cultural exchange event, hosted by the Information Office of Beijing Municipality, was presented at the “Vivid Sydney” Light and Music Festival, where works by Australian youth were displayed.

The Painting Exhibition called for painting works and public welfare videos from young people around the world, and a total of 52000 paintings were received. Among them, domestic works covered 31 provincial-level administrative regions, as well as Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan, while international works came from 63 countries, including the United States, Australia, Germany, Spain, Mauritius, and Indonesia. A total of 427 international award-winning paintings and 2128 domestic award-winning paintings were selected.

The BPAFFC will launch a series of posts of news reports, videos of acceptance speech and the award-winning works on its official Wechat account, which will also be released on the "Colourful World" special feature of XUEXI.CN and International Web Portal of Beijing. Please stay tuned!

Painting Exhibition

Title: Drones Spraying Pesticides

Artist: Ao Hanqing (5 years old)

Country: Japan

Institution: Everyday Painting Classroom, Fukuoka, Japan

Award Level: Second Prize, Preschool Group

Title: Save Farmer Save World

Artist: Sirichatcha Buahongsa (11 years old)

Country: Thailand

Institution: International Affairs Office Bangkok Metropolitan Administration

Award Level: Second Prize, Children’s Group

Title: Harmonious and Clean World

Artist: Zhu Like (12 years old)

Country: Brunei

Institution: Chinese Middle School, Brunei

Award Level: Second Prize, Children’s Group

Title: Technological Development

Artist: Kireeva Margarita (6 years old)

Country: Belarus

Institution: Minsk 351 Kindergarten

Award Level: Second Prize, Preschool Group

Title: The Electors

Artist: Klachkevich Nikita (4 years old)

Country: Belarus

Institution: Minsk 61 Kindergarten

Award Level: Second Prize, Preschool Group

Title: Imagining the Universe

Artist: Polina Ilchinnova (10 years old)

Country: Russia

Institution: Sixth Children’s Art School

Award Level: Second Prize, Children’s Group

Title: The Future of the World Is in Our Hands

Artist: Darya Okladnikova (11 years old)

Country: Russia

Institution: Sixth Children’s Art School

Award Level: Second Prize, Children’s Group

Title: Open Technology

Artist: Guo Ziqing (11 years old)

Country: Hungary

Institution: Chinatown Chinese School, Hungary

Award Level: Second Prize, Children’s Group

Title: Sketch Life

Artist: Yu Ting (12 years old)

Country: Hungary

Institution: Chinatown Chinese School, Hungary

Award Level: Second Prize, Children’s Group

Title: Dialogue Between the People of the Future and the Past

Artist: Jiao Xingchen (10 years old)

Country: Italy

Institution: Florence Huaxing Art Troupe, Italy

Award Level: Second Prize, Children’s Group

Title: Imagining the Future

Artist: Ethan Wu (9 years old)

Country: United States of America

Institution: Xi’an Liangjiatan International School

Award Level: Second Prize, Children’s Group

Title: Moon Base

Artist: Hu Yunfeng (12 years old)

Country: Brazil

Institution: Tangyun China-Brazil School of Culture and Arts

Award Level: Second Prize, Children’s Group