A Fu: No. 1 by Lyu Pinchang is on show at the CAFA Annual Fine Arts Nomination Exhibition 2020. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Initiated in 2010 by the academy's School of Plastic Arts, the annual event is designed to "highlight professors who have established their own styles in artistic pursuit and to reveal the latest developments of the genre," according to Fan Di'an, head of the Central Academy of Fine Arts.

The exhibition runs until Nov 1 at the CAFA Art Museum. After the Beijing leg, it will move to the Taoxichuan Art Museum in Jingdezhen, East China's Jiangxi province, and the Shenzhen Art Museum in South China's Guangdong province.