Highlights of cultural exchange activities in 2015

Dancers from Mariinsky Ballet perform La Bayadere (the dancing girl) at the closing performance of the 17th China Shanghai International Arts Festival. [Photo/Xinhua]

The 17th China Shanghai International Arts Festival

The 17th China Shanghai International Arts Festival kicked off on October 16, 2015. Forty-six performances make up the festival, along with 10 exhibitions and more than 60 lectures. Lasting one month, the festival presented 46 sets and 93 scene performances, 60 percent of which come from the repertoires of Arts Festival, including music, dance and drama.

Since its inaugural year in 1999, Shanghai International Arts Festival has become an important platform for Shanghai's Urban Cultural development and has greatly promoted the creation of the urban public cultural atmosphere.