China (Shenzhen) International Cultural Industry Fair (ICIF)
It is abbreviated as China International Cultural Industry Fair and is also a part of UFI, mutually sponsored by Ministry of Culture of the People’s Republic of China, Ministry of Commerce, State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, General Administration of Press and Publication of the People’s Republic of China, Guangdong Provincial People’s Government and Shenzhen Municipal People’s government and organized by Shenzhen Press Group, Shenzhen Media Group, Shenzhen Circulation Group and Shenzhen International Cultural Industry Fair Co., LTD as the only state-level cultural industry Exposition which shall be held in Shenzhen every middle of May, devoted to creating the top grade cultural product exhibition or fair and the export brand.
Shenzhen Reading Month
Reading Month is one of the most important cultural grand events in Shenzhen and at the same time it is also one of the longest reading and culture festival which lasts the longest in the world. Starting from 2000, Shenzhen Municipal Government designated every November as the “Reading Month” with the theme “Reading- Harmony-Progress”. The activities takes all forms, such as, reading forum, famous expert lectures, TV Debate Competition, Children’s on-site Drawing on the 100 meter painting scroll, primary and middle school students impromptu composition competition, Reading drift, etc. Up to now seven reading month activities have been successfully held, forming the mature operational mode. 2006 7th “Shenzhen Reading Month” magnetized participants exceeding 7 million person times.
Cultural Forum for urban residents
Cultural Forum for urban residents is a public welfare cultural brand created in 2005 in Shenzhen City and it was mainly focused on the theme featuring “Appreciation and Taste”, creating the new mode for the development of the popular culture.
Shenzhen Young Migrant Workers’ Cultural Festival
Young Visiting Workers’ Cultural Festival was first initiated in May 2005 to cater to the cultural demands of the migrant workers. The festival is to be held one session every year and once every month and up to now two sessions have been held. In 2006 the second session of Shenzhen Young Migrant Workers’ Cultural Festival included migrant workers’ business start-up forum together with ten activity projects for the whole city, mainly including exhibition of housekeeping service, solicit articles from the migrant workers, Hard-tipped Writing Instruments Calligraphy, camera shooting, personal talent performance, singer and collection of the original creative songs and words, etc.
Shenzhen Social Science and Culture Promotion Week
Shenzhen Social Science and Culture Promotion Week is the first cultural activity with the social science as the main theme and it got started from 2003. Every year the theme is different and it exerts extensive impact on the whole society. According to an uncompleted statistics, at least more than 0.4 million residents have the access to the social science knowledge from the activity more or less, and “Social Science Knowledge Online Composition Competition” and “Q&A Contest of Social Science Knowledge”, all of these arrangements are well accepted by the general public, or even subscriptions for the competition from other provinces come in showers.
Besides, “China (Shenzhen) international Piano Concerto Performance Competition”, “Shenzhen Sand Beach Concert”, “Golden Autumn in Pengcheng” festival”, “Shenzhen International Tourism and Culture Festival”, The TV Competition for the Star of Youth”, and several other cultural and art celebration activities held in Shenzhen, which produces extensive impact on and wins high favor from the local people.
