CSIAF22

The 22nd China Shanghai International Arts Festival returned from October 15 to November 15, 2023. Bringing together over 10,000 artists from 54 countries and all 29 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities, as well as Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan, the festival presented nearly 1,000 events and attracted more than 6 million attendees, with online views exceeding 168 million. The volume of content and the number of sessions grew by over 20% compared with the previous edition, while both the level of internationalization and the proportion of premieres reached record highs. Closely adhering to the cultural mission of the new era, the festival, with a renewed presence and higher quality, strived to build itself as a nexus for the world's finest performing arts resources, an international stage and trend‑setter for contemporary art creation, an important platform for promoting exchanges and mutual understanding between Chinese and foreign civilizations, and a vivid showcase of the people's prosperous lives.