Established in 1999, China Shanghai International Arts Festival (CSIAF) is a state-level annual international arts festival hosted by the Chinese Ministry of Culture and undertaken by Shanghai Municipal People’s Government. As a major part of CSIAF for 17 years, the festival’s performing arts fair (ChinaSPAF) has become the most international and effective event of this kind so far ever held in China, which connects producers and artists of arts festivals, arts centres, theatres, performing companies, agencies and so on in China, Asia-Pacific region as well as other parts of the world.

ChinaSPAF 2014 succeeded with about 600 delegates from 36 countries and regions, including directors from about 50 different international arts festivals and venue presenters from all over mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan, including

●John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts 

●Southbank Centre, London

●Sydney Opera House 

●Sadler’s Wells Theatre

●The Joyce Theatre

●Helsinki Festival

●Bregenz Festival 

●Flanders Festival Brussels 

●Auckland Arts Festival 

●Singapore Arts Festival

●Hong Kong Arts Festival

It presented 29 live showcases of both Chinese and international programs, both in traditional and contemporary style, including new works by some most creative artists and ensembles in China.

ChinaSPAF 2015 runs from October 15th-21st in Shanghai, China! 

Highlights of ChinaSPAF 2015

●Theme Forum: Arts in the Digital Age: Present and Future

●Pitch Session I: Going to Mainland China! (Video presentation for international projects heading for Chinese market)

●Pitch Session II: Going to the World! 

●Special Session: Entrepreneurship and Investment in New Performing Arts Projects

●Special Session: New Technology and Performing Arts

●Exhibition Hall with booths for business talks