The audience is entranced by a shadow puppet show in a village in Northwest China's Gansu province. [Photo by Li Yanfu/provided by People's Daily]

"The show is a confluence of intellectual and artistic achievements by veteran photographers from the Belt and Road countries and regions, whose brilliant images depict the breadth, distance, complexity, abundance, and vividness of the history and lives of peoples in Belt and Road countries and regions," said Wang at the opening ceremony of the exhibition on Oct 11.

Running through Sunday, the exhibition is sponsored by People's Daily and organized by the Palace Museum as part of the nationwide public celebrations for the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.