The 9th "AAC (Award of Art China) Art China• Annual Influence" Awards Ceremony was held in the Forbidden City's Jianfu Palace Garden on Thursday. [Photo/Artron.net]

The annual awards were launched by Artron.net, the most important domestic art net, associated with hundreds of media outlets. According to Artron.net, the activity aimed to have a core of academic construction, with judges from the professional field and art lovers’ participation.

This year, AAC Art China chose “evolution, transformation and local practice” as the key words, founded a selection committee with the top critics, experts and scholars in China and abroad, and set up the three awards.