Private art troupes are an important force in meeting the spiritual and cultural needs of the masses, as well as an important carrier for protecting and inheriting excellent traditional Chinese culture. They are also an important force in activating the rural cultural market, developing performing arts and related industries. From April 12th to April 16th, the National Private Art Performance Group Reform and Development Seminar on “Advancing towards the Future with Art in the New Era” was held in Taizhou. This event is hosted by the Art Department of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the Department of Culture and Tourism of Zhejiang Province. It is jointly hosted by the Taizhou Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism and Sports, the People’s Government of Jiaojiang District, the People’s Government of Luqiao District, the People’s Government of Linhai City, the People’s Government of Wenling City, and the Zhejiang Private Cultural and Art Troupe Association. The main venue is located in Linhai City. More than 700 officials from the Art Department of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the Department of Culture and Tourism of Zhejiang Province, experts in drama and theater troupe management, directors of national private cultural and artistic performance troupes, and national private cultural and artistic performance groups participated in the event.
Lu Yingchuan, member of the Party Group and Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Ye Haiyan, Secretary and Chairman of the Party Group of the Taizhou Municipal Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, Zhang Yi, Deputy Director of the Art Department of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Diao Yuquan, member of the Party Group and Deputy Director of the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, Pan Junming, member of the Standing Committee of the Taizhou Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China and Minister of Propaganda, Huang Shiyang, Director of the Guidance Department of the Art Troupe of the Art Department of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, and Chen Jifen, Director of the Art Department of, Leaders including Wu Huading, Secretary of the Linhai Municipal Party Committee, and Cai Wenfu, Secretary of the Party Group and Director of the Taizhou Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism and Sports, attended the event.
On the afternoon of April 13th, a delegation of attending leaders visited the Taizhou Luan Dan Theater in Zhejiang for inspection and research, and held a national private cultural and artistic troupe symposium at the theater headquarters. Leaders such as Lu Yingchuan, a member of the Party Group and Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, attended the symposium. Diao Yuquan, a member of the Party Group and Deputy Director of the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, presided over the symposium, while Shang Wenbo, the head of the Taizhou Luan Dan Theater in Zhejiang, gave a work report, Wang Rongjie, Director of the Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism and Sports Bureau of Linhai City, introduced the digital platform “Zhe Li You Xi” in Linhai, including Beijing Fanxing Drama Village, Junying Yu Opera Troupe in Shangcai County, Zhumadian City, Henan Province, Huizhiyun Huangmei Opera Troupe in Xiuning County, Anhui Province, Deyun Wenhua Media Co., Ltd. in Kongtong District, Pingliang City, Gansu Province, Bilin Wu Opera Troupe in Jinyun County, Zhejiang Province, and Haiyun Art Troupe in Zhenhai District, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province Representatives from relevant theaters such as the Taizhou People’s Art Theatre Troupe in Zhejiang Province gave speeches.
From April 14th to April 15th, five experts will be invited to give a keynote lecture. On the afternoon of April 14th, we invited Lin Hongming, a distinguished professor at Zhejiang Conservatory of Music, the director of the Higher Research Institute of Art and Cultural Management, and the executive deputy director of the Shanghai Opera House Construction Command Office, to give a special lecture on the theme of “The Future of Private Opera Troupes, the Transformation from Quantity to Quality”. Song Yangyang, vice president of the Creative Industry Technology Research Institute of Renmin University of China, gave a special lecture on the theme of “consumption upgrading and mechanism integration – innovative development of culture and tourism under the expectation of Chinese path to modernization”. On the morning of April 15th, Zhang Zhuo, Chairman and General Manager of Hangzhou New Youth Song and Dance Troupe Co., Ltd., was invited to give a special lecture on the theme of “Exploring the Path of Innovative Development of Private Literary and Art Performance Groups”, and Yao Xinyuan, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Shaanxi Huaqing Palace Cultural Tourism Co., Ltd., was invited to give a special lecture on the theme of “Seeking Practical Strategies, Seeking Practical Recruitment, and Being Long Board Leaders – Leading the Development of Huaqing Performing Arts with Innovation”, Pan Yan, Secretary General of the China Performance Industry Association, gave a special lecture on “Opportunities and Challenges for the Development of Private Cultural Performance Groups in the New Era”.
On the afternoon of April 15th, a national symposium for the leaders of private art academies will be held around the theme of “managing the high-quality development of private academies, digital development trends in the performing arts industry, and promoting high-quality development of cultural and tourism integration”.
Zhejiang is the cradle of Chinese opera and one of the most developed regions in the country for private art troupes. In Zhejiang, more than a thousand private art troupes, represented by Taizhou Luan Dan Theater, are active in urban and rural areas with government assistance and support, demonstrating strong grassroots and vigorous vitality. The “Talent Training for Private Literary and Art Performance Groups in Zhejiang Province” project has been officially launched since 2010. Zhejiang Vocational College of Arts has undertaken the overall improvement work of large-scale centralized training and comprehensive exhibitions for private theater groups in the province for 13 consecutive years. On April 13th, the Zhejiang Special Session of the National Private Literary and Art Performance Group’s Traditional Chinese Opera Performance and the Zhejiang Provincial Private Literary and Art Performance Group’s Key Drama Troupe Performance were held at the Xilin Village Cultural Hall in Dayang Street, Linhai City. 42 private drama troupes from 11 cities in Zhejiang Province participated, covering more than 10 types of dramas. The event was live streamed online on more than 20 platforms, including Wenyi China, Xinhua News Agency Live Cloud, CCTV Video, Wenlv China, Wenlv China Cloud Broadcast, Zhejiang Wenlv Video Account, Wangchao APP, and Taizhou Wenlv Video Account.
In order to unite the vast number of private literary and artistic troupes in the province, coordinate various forces, optimize resource allocation, and establish industry standards, the establishment conference and the first member representative conference of the Zhejiang Private Literary and Art Troupe Association will be held on the afternoon of April 14th.