The World of Han Meilin in Veniceexhibition displays some 200 paintings, sculptures, installations and designs of artist Han Meilin. [Photo provided to China Daily]

Feng Jicai, vice chairman of China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, said at the opening ceremony: "People in Venice who know about art will gradually understand Han Meilin (at the exhibition), his distinctive art and boundless imagination."

He said it is normally difficult for Chinese artists to exhibit in the West because of the cultural and aesthetic differences, but it is not a problem to Venice which is one of the earliest Western cities who became interested in China.