Shortly after founding the Beijing Jin Shangyi Art Foundation, Jin Shangyi — a noted 92-year-old oil painter — launched the Young Teachers Support Program in 2017.
Cold War 1994 has topped China's presale box office on the first day of the May Day holiday, signaling strong demand for the 14-year-old Hong Kong police thriller franchise.
The 2026 Wynn Signature Chinese Wine Awards ceremony took place at Wynn Palace in Macao on Friday, bringing together more than 200 wine experts, industry representatives and media to celebrate the best of China's wine sector.
Tucked within the lively Qianmen district, Fayuan Architecture Museum offers an unexpected calm. Its centuries-old courtyard, now carefully restored, houses an evocative display of wooden components drawn from classical Chinese architecture across the country. The space bridges past and present — a fitting setting for an exhibition grounded in both memory and imagination.
In 2018, at a dinner with actor Wang Baoqiang, filmmaker Chen Sicheng encountered an insider from the medical device industry, who shared stories rarely heard outside hospital walls — of strangers forming a fragile community inside a cancer ward, of abandoned children navigating life on the margins.
Visitors to Beijing's China World Mall will encounter several installations on show until May 31, presented under Wonder, a public art section that serves as a prelude to this year's Beijing Dangdai Art Fair.
The solo exhibition Sew the Weft and Warp Threads by embroidery artist Diao Juan, winner of last year's "Hand of Wisdom" award presented by the Sino-French crafts exchange program, opened on April 25 at Yishu 8 in Beijing.
Spring scenery and the fragrance of tea will set the tone for Beijing's May Day holiday. The 25th Badachu China Garden Tea Culture Week, held together with the Zherong High-Mountain White Tea (Jasmine Tea) Culture Week, will take place at Badachu Park from April 30 to May 5.
The China National Peking Opera Company will debut a new, innovative work titled Spring·Autumn, an artistic journey through the changing seasons of the year, inspired by classical Chinese poetry and the rhythms of traditional Peking Opera. This production, which marks a significant creative milestone for the company, will premiere on May 1 at Mei Lanfang Theatre in Beijing.
The China Coal Mine Art Troupe will present a musical work, titled Mountains and Rivers Evergreen, on May 5 at the Beijing Concert Hall.