Anhui Traditional Arts and Crafts Exhibition Opening

On December 7, the second traditional arts and crafts exhibition in Anhui Province opened in Hefei. Hu Liansong, deputy director of the Provincial Standing Committee, and Wang Xiufang, deputy director of the Provincial Political Consultative Conference attended the opening ceremony.

Arts and Crafts is a special industry with the dual attributes of industry and art, practicality and aesthetics. Anhui Province attaches great importance to the protection and development of traditional arts and crafts. Last year, the Anhui Provincial Government issued the “Protection and Development Measures for Traditional Arts and Crafts in Anhui Province” in the form of a government decree, emphasizing the protection of traditional arts and crafts during its development and its protection during development. At present, the traditional arts and crafts industry in Anhui Province has shown an accelerated development trend, with the major economic indicators ranking the top 10 in the country. There are more than 1,300 arts and crafts enterprises in the province, producing more than 100 kinds of arts and crafts products, employing more than 100,000 employees, with an annual output value of more than 20 billion yuan, of which the above-scale enterprises have an annual output value of more than 10 billion yuan. The province has formed a number of industrial agglomerations such as the Weinan and Huoqiu Liubian, Huizhou Sanjiao and Hesui, Xuancheng and Huangshan Huimo, Jingxian Xuan Paper, Yanyu Sculpture, and Wuhu Iron Painting.

This exhibition brings together about 10,000 works from more than 300 companies and covers an area of ​​more than 10,000 square meters. It covers the four treasures of the Treasure, craft carving, embroidery and dyeing, artex lace and weaving, art ceramics, craft glass, and knit crafts. Lacquer crafts, craft furniture, metal crafts and jewelry, crafts, other arts and crafts and other 12 categories. These works are superb and represent the development level of traditional arts and crafts in Anhui today.