Hundreds of cartoon-like Confucius figures show different expressions to the audience. [Photo/IC]

ICIF is jointly hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Commerce, State Administration of Press and Publication, Film, Radio and Television, the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, Guangdong Provincial People's Government and Shenzhen Municipal People's Government.

The ICIF consists of five sections: exhibitions and exchanges, forums and meetings, awards, festival activities and online ICIF.

As the only national-level, international and integrated cultural industries fair in China, ICIF focuses on exhibition and exchange. It is committed to building a trade platform for China’s cultural industrial products and projects, driving the development of China’s cultural industries and actively advancing the globalization of Chinese cultural products.