As an important activity of the opening ceremony of Chinese Cultural Year, the exhibition dubbed as Daybreak - 20^th Century Chinese Paintings will be held in Paris of France on October 6.

This exhibition was the first overall one of the 20^th Century's Chinese paintings in Europe. It includes works of founders and pioneers of Chinese modern painting in the early 1900s such as Xu Beihong, Lin Fengmian, Liu Haishu, Qi Baishi, Huang Binhong and Pai Tianshou, as well as works of outstanding artists after the mid 20^th century like Dong Xiwen, Luo Gongliu, Wu Zuoren, Wang Shiguo, Jin Shangyi and Zhan Jianjun. Works of artists, who probe into the modern artistic ideology and concept, were also included. Such as Luo Zhongli, Yuan Yunsheng, Chen Danqing, Zhang Lichen, Jia Youfu, Liu Xiaodong, Zhang Xiaogang, Xu Jiang, Tian Liming and Wang Tiande. In all there were over 100 pieces of works by more than 80 artists, which are representative and original in modern Chinese paintings.

The credo of this exhibition: We provide a chance for France and even Europe to appreciate the 20^th century Chinese paintings, and let them understand the connotation of social change and development represented by those paintings; therefore by realizing the unique cultural value of 20^th century Chinese paintings, people will further understand the phenomenon of multicultural world.