Residents show off their dancing skills.
Shanghai's public cultural services and facilities will be continuously developed in 2024 to improve the city's status as an international cultural city, officials said at a conference on Wednesday.
A number of public cultural facilities for performances, art exhibitions, community cultural activities and film screenings have been built in the city to enrich people's lives.
Art education lessons were also launched to the public with the support of professional cultural and artistic institutions and venues in the city. The popular “Shanghai Citizen Night Arts School” has attracted both locals and foreign expatriates to enroll in general courses, such as intangible cultural heritage experience, folk arts, and business skills.
According to Fang Xizhong, general director of the Shanghai Culture and Tourism Administration, the organization will build a new type of high-quality public cultural space in 2024 to provide services at the grassroots level.
A grass concert in Huangpu District attracts large crowds.
Ballet courses are offered to residents.
They will accelerate the construction and renovation of major cultural facilities in the city such as the Shanghai Grand Opera House and the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum.
Collections of museums and art galleries will be developed in the city's famous places such as People's Square, World Expo Park and the Bund.
Throughout the year, the functions of 100 centers for community cultural activities will also be updated. New children's reading spaces, community fitness centers and jogging trails will be built.
In addition, a range of cultural events covering theatre, exhibitions and workshops will be hosted this year to make art accessible to the public and illuminate every corner of the city.
Children participate in the “Little Architect” activity at the Shanghai Children's Library.
A concert by the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra is hosted at an art museum.
