Jiading district of Shanghai hosted an opening ceremony for the first Worker Cultural and Art Festival at the district's worker cultural palace on Nov 20, attended by officials of the district.
The district’s worker art troupe gave performances at the ceremony. Ten workers from different professions talked about their bitterness and happiness in work and life and expressed their willingness to participate in construction of a better Jiading.
The one-month festival will include a string of themed activities. Sports and entertainment venues will open to the member workers for free.
The Jiading Worker Cultural Palace was also inaugurated at the ceremony. Covering an area of 12.6 mu (8,400 square meters), the palace is a garden-style building with a theater, an art studio, an e-library, conference rooms and exhibition halls. It also provides services, such as career training, legal consultation and employment assistance for workers.