2019 Asia Art and Finance Forum (4th Edition) was Successfully Held in China Financial Information Center

SHANGHAI,April 4,2019 -- 2019 Asia Art and Finance Forum (4th) & Art Wealth and Financial Innovation Summit was held in Lujiazui China Financial Information Center on March 28th,2019. This forum is guided by Lujiazui Financial City Authority and China Financial Information Center,hosted by AsiaInstituteofArt&Finance,and co-organized by China Culture Finance 50-member Forum and China Chief Economist Forum. The forum is held on March 28th annually and has been held for four consecutive years. It has become an important academic brand and intellectual highland in the field of art and finance in China.

2019 Asia Art and Finance Forum (4th Edition)

With the theme of "Art Wealth and Financial Innovation",the forum invites the most experienced and influential top experts in the industry to give keynote speeches and share cases. They are all leading figures from financial institutions,technology industry,art market and academic institutions. Experts and scholars,such as Yang Kaisheng,who is former president of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China; Fan Yong,who is the founder of AsiaInstituteofArt&Finance; Xiong Chengyu,who is the professor and doctoral supervisor of Tsinghua University and director of National Cultural Industry Research Center; Duan Yong,who is the deputy party secretary of Shanghai University and former deputy director of the Palace Museum; Li Linmao,who is the CEO and general manager of Lloyd's Insurance (China) Co.,LTD.; Huang Jun,who is the professor and deputy director of the Institute of Art and Finance for Renmin University of China; Ma Jian,who is the director ofSouth-West Research Center of National Research Center for Innovation and Development of Cultural Industries; Tong Yan Runan,who is the artist,art director of the Import Expo (1st) and art director of AsiaInstituteofArt&Finance; Zhang Zhenglin,who is the professor of Art Management and Education Institute for Central Academy of Fine Arts and former CEO of Taiwan Art Bank; Lin Junting,who is the master director and distinguished professor of New Media Art Department of Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts; Jin Wei,who is the deputy director of the Cultural Finance Research Center of the National Finance and Development Laboratory and secretary-general of China Culture Finance 50-member Forum; andothersfrom the dual perspectives of academic research and commercial exploration,all gathered together to discuss art wealth and financial innovation,and brought the most cutting-edge information and profound insight into the art financial industry.

The summit forum of "Art Wealth and Financial Innovation" has been widely recognized by all sectors of society. Wang Lianzhou,who is the Director General of Hong Kong Private Equity Investment Forum of China and member of School Board of Asia Institute of Arts & Finance (AIAF); Yang Kaisheng,who is the former president of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China; Ye Guobiao,who is the secretary of the Party Committee and chairman of China Financial Information Center,and chairman of Shanghai Oil and Gas Trading Center; and others attended the forum,and some of themgave passionate speeches. Cheng Tianquan,who is the former party secretary of Renmin University of China; Chen Peiqiu,who is a famous painter and calligrapher and honorary dean of AsiaInstituteofArt&Finance; and Arata Isozaki,who is a renowned Japanese architect,urban planner and architecture scholar and winner of the 2019 Pritzker Architecture Prize,all of them congratulated beforehand on the success of the forum through message,letter,video and other different forms.

Wang Lianzhou,who is the Director General of Hong Kong Private Equity Investment Forum of China and member of School Board of Asia Institute of Arts & Finance (AIAF),spoke about China's promotion of developing cultural undertakings and industries and how this will benefit the spiritual life of Chinese citizens. Several Opinions on Accelerating the Innovation and Development of the Cultural and Creative Industries for Our City ("50 Articles on the Cultural and Creative Industry for Shanghai ") which was issued by Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Shanghai Municipal People's Government also proposed that "we should strive to build Shanghai into one of the world's important art trading centers",and drew a beautiful blueprint for the development of the art economy of Shanghai. With a series of heavyweight art fairs and art auctions which are held frequently nowadays,the bright prospect has been clearly shown and the era of spiritual consumption has arrived. The soil for the development of art and finance development is compacted. Based on the long-term and international development,Asia Institute of Art & Finance has held "Asia Art and Finance Forum" for four consecutive years and has made a very positive contribution to the promotion ofthe innovation and development of the art and finance industry,facilitating the exchange and study of the art and finance industry at home and abroad,and assisting the sustainability development of art and finance industry.

From the perspective of artwork as wealth,art financial practices and financial institution service innovation,etc.,"Art Wealth and Financial Innovation" summit forum discussed and shared the development of art and finance in different forms,with practice more than theory. Experts with rich practical experiences in finance,art insurance,famous museum,art bank,cultural and creative economy and other fields presented the achievements of art and finance development in an all-around way by sharing cutting-edge views,exchanging practical experience and analyzing typical cases.

In the first half of the forum,Yang Kaisheng,who is the former president of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China; Xiong Chengyu,who is the professor and doctoral supervisor of Tsinghai University and director of the National Cultural Industry Research Center; Li Linmao,who is the professor and deputy director of Art & Finance Institute for Renmin University of China; and other experts made the forward-looking exposition on the topics,such as "Art energizing finance,and financial inheriting art ","Cultural policy and art and finance","art insurance and practice","Art and wealth management" and so on. In the later round table forum,Fan Yong had an in-depth discussion on "Financial innovation" with Zhang Chunxin,who is the vice dean of Oceanwide Institute of International Finance for Fudan University; professor HuangJun; and general manager Li Linmao.

After a short break,in the second half of the forum,Ma Jian,who is the director of South-West Research Center of National Research Center for Innovation and Development of Cultural Industries; Tong Yan Runan,who is an artist,art director of the Import expo (1st) and art director of Asia Institute of Art & Finance; Lin Junting,who is the master director and distinguished professor of New Media Art Department of Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts; Zhang Zhenglin,who is the professor of Art Management and Education Institute for Central Academy of Fine Arts and former CEO of Taiwan Art Bank; Duan Yong,who is the deputy secretary of the Party Committee of Shanghai University and former deputy director of the Palace Museum; and other experts respectively gave speeches ontopics such as " Development and Trend of Art Market","Art and National Image","Revitalization of Cultural Relics and Cultural Innovation Economy","Art and Finance and Public Life","Economic Value of Cultural Relics and Artworks Urgently Needs to Be Faced Up To And Studied",etc.

Asia Institute of Art & Finance

As an important platform to promote the cultural and financial talents cultivating in China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone and Lujiazui Finance and Trade Zone,Asia Institute of Art & Finance is an independent higher education institution established in China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone with the approval of the Education Department of Shanghai Municipal Government.Selecting the core educational resources in the global art and finance field,integrating the international faculty in the fields of humanities and arts,financial investment and business management,and focusing on high-level management education and research,we are the first educational institution in the Asia-pacific region that is dominated by art and finance and has both industry depth and global breadth. Our vision is to become a globally influential business school of humanities,art and finance.

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