PARALLEL SESSION

The River of No Return by Ningbo Drama Troupes

Date Oct.26-27

Venue Hongqiao Art Centre

With a strong entrepreneurial spirit, outstanding business capability, noble ethics and a broad mind with national interests, the Ningbo Merchant Community has written a hundred years of glory in the Chinese business history. The drama The River of No Return continues to develop and tap into the theme of Ningbo Merchant Community, reflecting the rise and fall of the national destiny. In the drama, as a merchant from Ningbo, Hong Yilong fought a battle of wits and courage with the warlords, local bullies and loafers, foreign compradors and Japanese agents. In the end, Hong’s extraordinary courage, determination and wisdom made him a leading figure in the Chinese shipping industry.