The 2025 China Public Cultural Centers Annual Conference Grandly Held in the BMC
Source：Beijing Tongzhou Fabu 2025-11-18
From November 12 to 13, the China Public Cultural Centers Annual Conference was grandly held in the BMC. As the highest-level and largest-scale annual event in the public cultural center sector, this year’s conference, themed “Love Art, Love Life, Fall in Love with Cultural Centers,” vividly articulated the mission and responsibility of cultural centers in the new era, presenting a beautiful vision of art integrated into daily life and culture nurturing the soul.
This year marks the first time the conference has been hosted in Beijing, with venues set at the Beijing Performing Arts Centre, the Beijing Library, and the Grand Canal Museum of Beijing. Leveraging the high-quality cultural resources of the BMC and coordinating efforts across Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei, the conference organized 1 opening event, 14 thematic exchange sessions, 9 themed exhibitions, and 6 featured public art performances. It also hosted a Public Cultural Products and Services Procurement Expo and an exchange activity for national art troupes to bring public cultural service resources directly to grassroots communities, shaping a distinguished and content-rich industry event.
The concurrent Public Cultural Products and Services Procurement Expo featured 2,000 square meters of exhibition space, with three major exhibition zones: the Public Cultural Service Zone, the Tongzhou Special Exhibition Zone, and the Intangible Cultural Heritage Cultural & Creative Market Zone. A total of 13 customized booths, 7 container booths, and 40 market stalls were set up, attracting 50 cultural and tourism institutions and enterprises from across the country.
The conference was guided by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the PRC, hosted by the China Public Cultural Centers Association and the Tongzhou District People’s Government of Beijing Municipality, and co-organized by the National Public Culture Development Center of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism. More than 2,500 participants attended, including representatives from local governments and cultural-tourism authorities, cultural center professionals, scholars and experts, media representatives, and corporate delegates.