China News Service, Beijing, July 25 (Xu Jing and Du Yan) On July 25, the first Beijing Cultural Forum opened in Beijing.

During the forum, Fan Di'an, Chairman of the China Artists Association and President of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, said that while drawing on world art, art designers should pay more attention to the creative transformation and innovative development of Chinese excellent traditional culture.

　　The holding of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics has once again attracted the attention of the world as an ancient city in the East.

The emblems "Winter Dream" and "Feiyue" for the Beijing Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympics and the medals "Tongxin" were designed by the team of the Central Academy of Fine Arts ("CAFA" for short), stunning the world with Chinese-style aesthetics.

　　Fan Di'an said that the Beijing Winter Olympics not only brought sports competition and friendship to the world, but also spread the charm of Chinese culture and Beijing culture.

While drawing on the advantages of world art, art designers should pay more attention to the creative transformation and innovative development of Chinese excellent traditional culture.

　　He mentioned that technological development is the driving force for cultural development.

As the capital, Beijing has a strong scientific and technological foundation to support its cultural development.

Over the years, whether in stage art, television communication, or in the creation of specific art categories, technology has played a great role in promoting the development of art.

　　For the cultivation of art talents and artistic creation in the new era, he said that he should pay special attention to two aspects: First, insist on resonating with the times and tell the story of today's China, especially based in Beijing, using art to present the new development of the capital. The second is to adhere to the people-centered approach and focus on meeting the people's cultural needs.

　　In Fan Di'an's view, Beijing's cultural aura is a spiritual force.

Beijing has thousands of years of rich cultural accumulation, which has formed a huge appeal to literary and art workers, making them develop lofty artistic ideals and firm cultural confidence, and then transform them into different forms of artistic creation.

　　During the years of working and living in Beijing, Fan Di'an has experienced the rapid development of the construction of the city of museums in Beijing: various cultural and museum institutions hold exhibitions and carry out public education activities to make cultural relics come alive and works of art to move, becoming a lifelong classroom for aesthetic education and the cultural home of the masses.

At the same time, various public cultural facilities in the capital have been continuously improved, and cultural activities have been carried out vigorously.

Fan Di'an hopes to further explore Beijing's cultural celebrity resources, revitalize and utilize the former residences of celebrities and public spaces in blocks and hutongs, so as to make Beijing, a city of museums, more attractive.

　　It is understood that this Beijing Cultural Forum takes "Inheritance, Innovation and Mutual Learning" as the permanent theme and "Promoting Cultural Innovation to Empower a Better Life" as the annual theme.

During the forum, various exchange activities were splendid and interesting, including the opening ceremony and main forum, four sub-forums, on-site observation and related activities.

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