July 27 - Aug 2, 2012
The festival is sponsored by the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, China International Culture Assoc, China Soong Ching Ling Foundation, the Tianjin municipal government. It will be organized by the Tianjin Cathay Future Children's Arts and Culture Foundation.
About 3,500 people are expected to take part in the festival, including 30 children's art troupes (about 500 people) from various provinces and cities, and 100 children's art troupes (around 3,000 people) from Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan.