The Creative Yunnan Culture Industries Expo 2019 kicked off in Kunming, Yunnan province on August 8. 

With the theme of “integrated cultural advancement and value-added creativity”, the five-day expo aims to exhibit new trends and results of the cultural industries in Yunnan, while facilitating cultural exchanges.

The cultural fair will also showcase Yunnan’s effort in fusing culture into tourism, focusing on the creativity, innovation and upgrades of the cultural industry.

Having been held annually for years, the 2019 expo features 7 exhibition halls, 7 sub-venues and 20 cultural activities. 

More than 1,300 cultural companies home and abroad joined in the Yunnan cultural event, including those from Afghanistan, the Philippines, Japan, Turkey, Nepal, Indonesia, and others.

Reporting Yang Zheng, Zhang Tong and Chen Fei (Yunnan Net); trans-editing by Wang Shixue