The China Artists Association ( Chinese : 中国美术家协会 ), originally the China National Art Workers' Association (Chinese: 中华全国美术工作者协会 ), is the official national association of Chinese artists, with its headquarters in Beijing . It was established in July 1949, with Xu Beihong as its first chairman.
30-612: The China Artists Association is under the leadership of the Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party , and managed by the Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party . It previously operated provincial-level branches in all of China's provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities, but in 1990 the provincial branches were reorganized into provincial artists associations and admitted into
60-530: A monthly magazine. The China National Art Workers' Association was established on 21 July 1949 in Beijing's Zhongshan Park . The association's inaugural meeting elected Xu Beihong as its first chairman, with Jiang Feng and Ye Qianyu as vice chairmen. After Xu's death in 1953, a special meeting was held on 4 October, which elected Qi Baishi as the new chairman, and Wu Zuoren and Cai Ruohong 蔡若虹 as vice chairmen, in addition to Jiang and Ye. Hua Junwu 华君武
90-577: Is empowered by the Politburo to make routine day-to-day decisions on issues of concern in accordance with the decisions of the Politburo, but it must consult the Politburo on substantive matters. The secretariat was established in January 1934. It is nominally headed by the CCP general secretary , though the position of head of the secretariat was not always the same as the top party leader . Secretaries of
120-626: Is the de facto head of the Secretariat, who is responsible for the management of directives and day-to-day work of the Secretariat assisting the general secretary . A member of both the Politburo Standing Committee and the Secretariat, the officeholder is considered one of the most powerful figures in China's political system . The two most recent general secretaries, Hu Jintao and Xi Jinping , were first elevated to
150-469: Is vested with the power to make decisions within this general framework. A formal head of the secretariat for managing its affairs has existed several times. Ren Bishi was elected Secretary-General of the Chinese Communist Party by the 6th Poliburo in August 1941. It existed until a meeting of the 7th Politburo on 20 March 1943, which abolished the post and replaced it with the new office of Chairman of
180-787: The Art School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston . She returned to China in December 1950 and taught at the Department of Construction, Tsinghua University . She also worked as an assistant of Lin Huiyin . In 1952, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) regrouped China's higher education institutions, she was transferred to the Department of Applied Art, Central Academy of Fine Arts as an assistant. Three years later,
210-644: The Chinese Communist Party The Secretariat , officially the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China , is a body serving the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s Politburo and Standing Committee . The secretariat is mainly responsible for carrying out routine operations of the Politburo and coordinating organizations and stakeholders to achieve tasks set out by the Politburo. It
240-817: The Chinese Communist Party . She was a member of the China Artists Association . Chang was born in Lyon , France , in March 1931, to Chang Shuhong , a Manchu painter, and Chen Zhixiu, her father's cousin and alma mater of Beaux-Arts de Paris . The name "Shana" is a transliteration of the Saône River in France's Lyon. She returned to China with her parents in 1937, the year the Second Sino-Japanese War broke out. After Beijing
270-403: The Secretariat and the offices of secretary-general and deputy secretary-general. That politburo meeting re-established elected Hu Yaobang as secretary-general and Hu Qiaomu and Yao Yilin as deputy secretaries-general, but did not re-establish the Secretariat. This occurred at the 5th Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee on 23–29 February 1980, but this plenum also decided to abolish
300-411: The Secretariat, with Mao Zedong being elected to the post. The 1st Plenary Session of the 7th Central Committee elected Ren Bishi as Secretary-General of the Central Committee and Li Fuchun as Deputy Secretary-General of the Central Committee on 11 June 1945. It is unclear who took over Ren Bishi's office upon his death on 27 October 1950. On 27 April 1954, the 8th Politburo decided to establish
330-500: The Secretariat. The members of the Secretariat are nominated by the Politburo Standing Committee and approved during a plenary session of the CCP Central Committee . The secretaries of the Secretariat are tasked with coordinating the dissemination and implementation of Politburo and PSC decisions. They also assist in reviewing political reports, creating policy plans and help in personnel decisions. The first secretary
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#1732776495381360-474: The Secretary-General". The 8th National Congress in 1956 abolished it and formally replaced it with the Secretariat. The 1st Plenary Session of the 8th Central Committee opted to re-elect Deng Xiaoping as secretary-general with no deputy on 28 September 1956. In May 1966, the 8th Politburo convened to criticize the mistakes of leading cadres, including that of Deng Xiaoping. He was replaced, and
390-608: The United States. She was sent to the May Seventh Cadre Schools to do farm works in the neighboring Hebei province. She returned to Beijing in late Cultural Revolution. After the reform and opening up , she was promoted to vice president of the Central Academy of Art and Design in 1982. One year later she was promoted again to become its present and held the post for 15 years. She was
420-542: The department was elevated to the Central Academy of Art and Design (now Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University), becoming the top university for Chinese craft and design, and she successively worked as lecturer, associate professor, and professor. She joined the CCP in 1964. During the Cultural Revolution , she suffered political persecution due to her background of being born in France and studying in
450-584: The fourth general meeting was held in Jinan . Wu Zuoren was elected chairman, and Wang Chaowen, Ye Qianyu, Gu Yuan 古元, Guan Shanyue, Liu Kaiqu, Hua Junwu, Li Shaoyan, Li Keran, Zhou Sicong 周思聪, Qin Zheng 秦征, Huang Yongyu 黄永玉 and Cai Ruohong as vice chairmen. In October 1990, Wang Qi ( 王琦 ) was added as executive vice-chair. The fifth general meeting was held on 11 September 1998 in Beijing. Jin Shangyi 靳尚谊
480-482: The interruption of the Cultural Revolution and the death of He Xiangning in 1972, the third general meeting was held on 3 November 1979 in Beijing. Jiang Feng was elected chairman, with Wang Chaowen 王朝闻, Ye Qianyu, Hua Junwu, Liu Kaiqu, Guan Shanyue 关山月, Li Shaoyan 李少言, Li Keran , Wu Zuoren, Huang Xinbo 黄新波 and Cai Ruohong as vice chairmen. After Jiang Feng's death in 1983, the association's standing committee elected Wu Zuoren as chairman in March. On 6 May 1985,
510-494: The local area and submit them to the higher level for consideration. For individual artists, having works selected for the national exhibition brings fame and improves prospects for promotion. Many of them become heads of lower-level artists associations. The association's headquarters are located in the National Agricultural Exhibition Hall in Beijing. Its official publication is Fine Arts ,
540-478: The national association as group members. The national association oversees many specialized subordinate committees, including those for Chinese painting , oil painting , sculpture, architecture, ceramics, print, fresco, animation, ethnic art, and children's art. The association organizes the national art exhibition, China's largest art exhibition, every five years. Ten sessions have been held as of 2011. Regional artists associations would select works from artists in
570-431: The office of the secretary-general was abolished, and Tao Zhu was elected as Standing Secretary. It is unclear when this office stopped functioning, and the Secretariat more generally, but the 9th National Congress in 1969 decided to abolish these institutions. The office was re-established in 1978 when Chen Yun , a member of the 11th Politburo Standing Committee , proposed to the 11th Politburo to re-establish both
600-453: The offices of Secretary-General of the Central Committee and Deputy Secretary-General of the Central Committee. Deng Xiaoping was elected as secretary-general and Li Fuchun, Yang Shangkun , Tan Zhenlin , Ma Mingfang , Song Renqiong , Liu Lantao , Lin Feng , Li Xuefeng and Hu Qiaomu as deputy secretaries-general. This institution was not called Secretariat, but rather the "Conference of
630-468: The offices of deputy secretary-general. The position was abolished alongside the office of Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party at the 12th National Congress in 1982, and replaced with the office of General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party . The Secretariat is the working body of the CCP Politburo and Politburo Standing Committee. The CCP General Secretary presides over the work of
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#1732776495381660-524: The position of first secretary of the Secretariat in the same process used to determine the membership and roles of the Politburo Standing Committee. Chang Shana Chang Shana ( Chinese : 常沙娜 ; pinyin : Cháng Shānà ; born March 1931) is a Chinese painter best known for participating in the design of the Great Hall of the People , Cultural Palace of Nationalities , and the Museum of
690-521: The secretariat ( Shujichu Shuji ) are considered some of the most important political positions in the CCP and contemporary China, more generally. Each secretariat secretary is generally in charge of one of the major party departments directly under the jurisdiction of the Central Committee. By protocol , its members are ranked above the vice chairmen of the National People's Congress as well as State Councilors. The general secretary presides over
720-471: The secretariat's work. The Secretariat of the Central Committee was formed on 15–18 January 1934 at the 5th Plenary Session of the 6th Central Committee , which was held in Shanghai. On 20 March 1943, the Politburo, in a joint decision, decreed that the secretariat will be responsible for carrying out the work of the Politburo according to the general policy framework determined by the Politburo and that it
750-482: The seventh general meeting was held in Beijing. Liu Dawei was elected chairman, with Wang Mingming, Wei Ershen, Feng Yuan, Xu Jiang, Xu Qinsong 许钦松, Yang Xiaoyang, Wu Changjiang, He Jiaying 何家英, Fan Di'an 范迪安, Luo Zhongli, Shi Dawei, Huang Gesheng 黄格胜, Zeng Chenggang and Pan Gongkai as vice-chairs. Jin Shangyi was named honorary chairman. The eighth general meeting was held in November 2013 in Beijing. Liu Dawei
780-461: The spring of 1945, her mother divorced with her father due to she could no longer bear local living conditions. From 1945 to 1948, she and her father studied and copied Dunhuang murals . In 1948, under the financial support of a Canadian woman teaching in China, she pursued advanced studies in the United States , studying drawing , human anatomy , art history , painting , and design at
810-841: Was elected chairman, with Liu Dawei 刘大为 (executive vice-chair), Liu Wenxi , Liu Boshu 刘勃舒, Xiao Feng 肖峰, Li Huanmin 李焕民, Lin Yong 林墉, Yang Lizhou 杨力舟, Hazi Aimaiti 哈孜·艾买提, Chang Shana 常沙娜, Cheng Yunxian 程允贤 and Zhan Jianjun 詹建俊 as vice chairs. The association held its sixth general meeting on 1 December 2003 in Beijing. Jin Shangyi was re-elected chairman, with Liu Dawei (executive), Wang Mingzhi 王明旨, Wang Mingming 王明明, Wei Ershen 韦尔申, Feng Yuan 冯远, Nima Zeren 尼玛泽仁, Xu Jiang 许江, Wu Changjiang 吴长江, Yang Lizhou, Yang Xiaoyang 杨晓阳, Lin Yong, Zeng Chenggang 曾成钢 and Pan Gongkai as vice-chairs. Shi Dawei 施大畏 and Luo Zhongli 罗中立 were added as vice-chairmen in July 2005. In December 2008,
840-438: Was elected general secretary. The representatives also passed resolution to change the organization's name to China Artists' Association. The second general meeting was held 30 July 1960 in Beijing. The meeting elected He Xiangning as chairwoman (Qi Baishi had died in 1957), with Cai Ruohong, Liu Kaiqu 刘开渠, Ye Qianyu, Wu Zuoren, Pan Tianshou and Fu Baoshi as vice chairmen. Hua Junwu was re-elected general secretary. After
870-592: Was occupied by the Imperial Japanese Army and Chang and her mother fled to different cities to take refuge. Finally, they settled in southwest China 's Chongqing , where the National Peking School of Fine Arts had relocated. In 1942, Chang Shuhong became the vice head of the preparatory committee of the newly founded National Dunhuang Art Institute in northwest China 's Gansu province, and later served as its first president. In
900-473: Was re-elected as chairman, with Wang Mingming, Wei Ershen, Feng Yuan, Xu Jiang, Xu Qinsong, Li Xiang 李翔, Yang Xiaoyang, Wu Changjiang, He Jiaying, Fan Di'an, Shi Dawei, Huang Gesheng and Zeng Chenggang as vice-chairs; Xu Li was re-elected as Secretary-General, and Tao Qin and Du Jun as Deputy Secretaries-General. Since its founding in 1949, China Artists Association has admitted more than 14,000 members, including 6000 current members. Secretariat of
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