BRUSSELS, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- General commissioner of the Europalia Chinese Art Festival said here on Sunday that everything is set for the art festival, and the only thing left is waiting for the opening ceremony.

Claire Kirschen told Xinhua in an interview at Galerie Ravenstein, that all the preparation for the art festival is finished and "there are no problems and only solutions."

The Europalia Chinese Art Festival will last four months from October 8, 2009 to February 14, 2010, closing with the Chinese New Year celebration.

About 50 exhibitions and 450 events will be held in more than 70 cities in Belgium and four neighboring countries, namely the Netherlands, France, Luxembourg and Germany. The exhibitions and art performances will follow four main themes: Immortal China, Contemporary China, Colorful China and China and the World.

In China, 19 provinces, cities and independent regions, 58 museums, libraries, archeological institutes and numerous public and private cultural institutions have contributed to the organization of the festival.

Kirschen said, that for the past three years, Europalia has been collaborating with the Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China and its local partners.

Cooperation with partners from all levels is no easy job. Kirschen said: "We talked a lot with each other, sometimes we quarreled with each other, but we never stopped talking to each other. We could always discuss and come to a conclusion."

Talking about the financing of the big cultural event, Kirschen said that there are public sponsors for the art festival such as the Chinese Ministry of Culture and Belgium's national, regional and communities governments, and also sponsors from the private sectors, such as Bekaert, Total and Hainan Airlines, etc.