A girl practices calligraphy at the 2016 Egyptian Exhibition on Chinese Books, Jan 19, 2016.
A press conference for the 2016 Sino-Egyptian Culture Year was held at the National Archives of Egypt in Cairo, Egypt on Jan 15.
A press briefing for "2016 Happy Chinese New Year" was held in Beijing on Jan 15. The briefing was organized by the Ministry of Culture and representatives from the Office of the Cyberspace Administration of China, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and local and transnational enterprises in China were invited.
A series of cultural activities will be held in China and Qatar in 2016 as part of a "Cultural Year" between the two countries, according to the Ministry of Culture on Jan 15.
From Jan 23 to Feb 3, a "Happy Chinese New Year" event will be held to celebrate the Chinese traditional festival in Valletta, Malta.
In 2015, various activities in different forms have been held aiming to strengthen deeper communication between China and other countries.
A group of artists from Central China's Henan province will give performances in Havana at the end of January, the Cuban National Council of Performing Arts announced Friday.
The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences has released China's six top new archaeological discoveries of 2015 on Tuesday.
The Chinese Ministry of Culture and Egyptian Embassy in China jointly staged a press conference to launch the 2016 Sino-Egyptian Culture Year at the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing on Monday.
In Sydney, a series of cultural events have been launched with more expected to come as the Sydney China Cultural Center opened its "2016 Happy Chinese New Year" campaign.
Even though the Chinese Lunar New Year is still a month away, people are already going ape for the Year of the Monkey.
Through the year, more than 130 programs and events were held in Qingdao with the goal of raising the cultural development and cultural exchange with Korea’s Cheongju and Japan’s Niigata.