2021-2025 Nansha District Cultural and Creative Competition

Since the inaugural Guangzhou Nansha District Cultural and Creative Competition in 2021, the competition has been jointly organized in collaboration with the Nansha District Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism and Sports and the Nansha Cultural Association. It has now completed five editions. Over the past five years, the competition has achieved more than 90 million total media impressions, with coverage across news media including Xinhua News Agency, Xin Kuai Bao, Guangdong Television, and Guangzhou Daily, as well as Nansha mainstream media platforms.

Meanwhile, Mr. Huo Qigang, President of the Guangzhou Nansha Cultural Association, and Ms. Guo Jingjing, Vice President, have continued to follow the competition and share competition-related content on social media platforms such as their personal Weibo accounts, further expanding the competition’s influence.

The competition has always been committed to professional standards, inviting experts from the fields of art and design to provide guidance and evaluate the entries. Experts including Zhang Qiang, Director of the China Gift Innovation Research Cluster and PhD in Design; Cao Xue, Professor at Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts and Head of the Design Team for “Bing Dwen Dwen,” the mascot of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics; Liu Pingyun, Professor at the School of Visual Arts and Design of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts and Head of the Design Team for the emblems and mascots “Xi Yangyang” and “Le Rongrong” of the 15th National Games and the National Games for Persons with Disabilities and the National Special Olympic Games; and Ma Weiye, Honorary President of the Asia-Pacific Cultural and Creative Industries Association, have worked alongside the competition for many years, guiding the direction of Nansha’s cultural and creative industries.