Expo on Chinese traditional fine arts opens in Istanbul

Cui Wei, Chinese consul general in Istanbul, addresses the opening ceremony of the Belt and Road Shanghai Intangible Cultural Heritage Exhibition at the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts in Istanbul, Turkey, Oct. 18, 2019. The month-long exhibition on Chinese traditional fine arts was inaugurated on Friday in Istanbul with a view to promoting understanding and friendship between the Turkish and Chinese peoples. The so-called Belt and Road Shanghai Intangible Cultural Heritage Exhibition comes on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the sistership between Istanbul and Shanghai, the largest cities in Turkey and China. (Xinhua/Xu Suhui)