CSIAF23

The 23rd China Shanghai International Arts Festival took place from October 18 to November 17, 2024. This year's festival featured performances, exhibitions, and activities across eight main sections: Performances and Exhibitions (Art for the World), Rising Artists' Works (Art Creates Future), "Art Space" community‑focused events (Art for the People), "Arts Plus" art education programs (Art in the City), Performing Arts Fair (ChinaSPAF) (Art Connecting the World), International Dialogues (Art Gathering a Hundred Schools), Parallel and Professional Sessions (Art in Full View), and Integration and Innovation (Art Without Limits). Together, these sections presented over 370 programs and more than 1,600 sessions, bringing together over 16,000 artists and cultural workers from more than 80 countries and regions.

The festival set new records in both the number of events and audience participation. With high‑density, high‑popularity, and high‑quality content, it attracted over 10 million onsite and online participants. The overall satisfaction rate reached 95.1%, and total media exposure exceeded 200 million across all channels. Premieres and debut exhibitions served as a key driver for cross‑city attendance, drawing 24.1% of visitors from other provinces and 7.8% from overseas (including Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan). These out‑of‑town attendees stayed an average of 2 days (domestic) and 20 days (overseas) in Shanghai, effectively boosting the city's vitality. The festival generated an estimated total consumer spending of 4.016 billion RMB, while its brand value was assessed at between 2.141 and 2.238 billion RMB, further enhancing the city's influence and soft power. Delivering programs that excel in both quality and quantity, upgrading cooperative exchanges, and creating innovative experiential formats, the festival made a concerted effort to build a globally influential cultural brand.