The first Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Art Innovation Forum opened in Zhongshan on November 6.

The event included four sub-forums, with over 80 famous experts and scholars from the mainland and the Hong Kong and Macao regions, as well as chairmen of the city-level literary and art associations and critics associations, and trainees of the first national literary critic training course contributing to discussions and panels.

The event was held both online and offline at two main venues in Beijing and Zhongshan.

During the event, excellent examples of literature and art and important literature and art research were also released, setting benchmarks for literary and artistic innovation in the Greater Bay Area and identified successful practices. Zhongshan Literature and Arts Association's Xiaolan Chrysanthemum Fair program was awarded as an excellent example of literary and art innovation.