The children's drama Tin Soldier and Dodo.

The press briefing for the fifth China-ASEAN International Children’s Cultural and Art Festival, the 27th Nanning Children Art Festival and the opening ceremony for the Yangquan Fairy Tale Minge Lake Children's Theatre was held by the shores of Minge lake. At the conference, strategic cooperation between the festival and the theater was announced. They would start a troupe consisting of children from China and ASEAN countries which would tour those countries performing great plays.

The China-ASEAN International Children's Culture and Art Festival, founded in 2015, is the largest and most high-profile event of its kind under the official supervision of the China-ASEAN region. The art festival is co-sponsored by the China-ASEAN Cultural and Art Development Center and the ICA International Youth and Children's Art Alliance, and will be held for the fifth time this year. Sponsored by the Nanning Culture and Tourism Bureau and undertaken by Nanning Art Museum, the festival has also successfully built a high-quality platform to show children's artistic talent, achieving a great deal in the past 26 years.

Leading planner Xie Chaoxu said because this year marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, the festival will hold a China-ASEAN Star selection competition, parent-child art fair, culture and art education conference, ASEAN international cultural exchanges and a series of activities for the annual Child Star Festival. Those activities will build a bridge between dozens of domestic cities and ASEAN countries to promote cultural exchange between teenagers from both China and ASEAN countries.

The newly organized children’s troupe will enhance children’s consciousness of the public and traditional culture through the adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales and Grimm's fairy tales. The theatre will hold one show every Saturday and Sunday at 10:30 and 14:00, plays will be replaced every month and there will be a discount in May and June.