The Asian Art Festival aims at showing to the world a whole brand-new Asian culture, and promoting cultural exchanges among Asian countries.
The China Shanghai International Arts Festival aims to absorb the best cultures around the world, to promote Chinese traditional arts, and to enhance cultural exchanges between China and the rest of the world.
Since 1999, the China Shanghai International Arts Festival has been held in Shanghai annually, generally in November.
The Beijing Music Festival, initiated and approved by the Culture Ministry of China and the Beijing Municipal Government in 1998, is held in Beijing annually.