The China Welfare Association and the National Grand Theatre aim to create a new highland for children's art and build a platform for promoting children's culture and art education
Recently, the China Welfare Association signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the National Theatre. According to the strategic cooperation agreement, both parties will rely on their respective high-quality resources to jointly build a platform for children's theatrical art creation and exhibition, cooperate in carrying out related drama planning, creation, performance, promotion, dissemination and other activities, and work together to create high-quality children's stage art projects; Jointly build a platform for promoting children's cultural and artistic education, plan and hold activities such as promoting children's cultural and artistic education on campus, art popularization lectures, etc., to enrich the spiritual and cultural life of young people; To jointly build an international exchange platform for children's culture and art, and promote the prosperous development of cultural and artistic undertakings and children's aesthetic education.
The National Theatre and the China Welfare Association share a common pursuit and mission in enhancing the cultural literacy of young people. For many years, both sides have maintained a close cooperative relationship. The "Growing Together with Our Motherland" themed performance event, jointly created by both parties and the Soong Ching Ling Foundation of China, has been held five times since its establishment in 2019. Through subtle and entertaining teaching, it has created a new model of patriotic education in the new era and has become an influential youth public welfare brand project nationwide. As a national cultural platform and cultural window of the capital, the National Grand Theatre always adheres to the purpose of "people-oriented, artistic, and international", actively building a performance art center platform, theme original art platform, art popularization education platform, comprehensive art exhibition platform, cultural exchange and cooperation platform, and digital cultural dissemination platform. Wang Ning, Secretary of the Party Group and President of the National Grand Theatre, expressed the hope that in the future, both sides can work together to promote the prosperity and development of youth art education in the new era, and contribute more to the construction of a cultural power.
The China Welfare Association was founded by Song Qingling, one of the founders of the New China and honorary chairman of the country, in 1938. For 85 years, the China Welfare Association has always inherited and carried forward the purpose of Song Qingling's "wholeheartedly serving women and children", committed to promoting the development of children's drama, exploring diversified themes of children's drama, and building a platform for children's drama exchange. This year marks the 130th anniversary of the birth of Soong Ching ling. Zhang Xiaomin, Vice Chairman, Party Secretary, and Secretary General of the China Welfare Association, said that she looks forward to establishing comprehensive and multi-level cooperation between the two sides, fully leveraging their talents, content, expertise, and platform advantages, and continuing to make efforts in children's cultural and artistic creation. Together, we will create high-quality projects for children's stage art, promote innovation and development in children's culture and art, lead Chinese children's drama to the world stage, promote the prosperity and development of cultural undertakings and children's aesthetic education in Beijing and Shanghai, and contribute more to continuously enhancing the confidence and self-improvement of children's culture and creating new brilliance in Chinese culture.