The Seventh China Arts Festival opens in Hangzhou
Updated: 2004-09-12

The Seventh China Arts Festival kicked off in Hangzhou on September 10. Liu Yunshan, a member of the Political Bureau of CPC Central Committee, was present at the opening ceremony and read out the congratulatory letter sent by Hu Jintao, President of China, to the Seventh China Arts Festival.

Li Tieying, vice-chairman of NPC Standing Committee, was also present at the opening ceremony.

Xi Jinping, secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Zhejiang Provincial Committee, chairman of the Standing Committee of Zhejiang People's Congress and vice director of the organizing committee of the Seventh China Arts Festival, announced the opening of the arts festival. A man in his 90s and a girl of five stroke a giant gong to signal the start of the 17-day festival.