Chongqing Performing Arts Co., Ltd.

Chongqing Performing Arts Co., Ltd. is a large state-owned professional performing arts and exhibition enterprise. It is a standing council member of the China Performing Arts Association, a deputy director unit of the Theater Committee, and a chairman member unit of the Producers Committee. It is also the president unit of the Chongqing Performing Arts Association and a vice president unit of the Chongqing Convention and Exhibition Industry Association. The company manages and operates the Chongqing Fuling Grand Theatre, Chongqing Shiguangnan Grand Theatre, Chongyan Times Art Center, and Chongqing Performance Circuit. It holds shares in Chongqing Dengyu Chongyan Cultural Tourism Co., Ltd. and owns its own ticketing platform, Chongqing Performance and Exhibition Information (Chongyan Ticketing). Its business segments cover the entire performing arts industry chain, including performance production, introduction of performance projects, planning and operation of performances and large-scale events, theater management, ticketing agency, stage design and production, arts education, exhibition design and construction, and conference services. Since its establishment, the company has successively held large-scale concerts by domestic and international stars in Chongqing, Beijing, Shanghai, Wuhan, Chengdu, Taiyuan, Xiamen, Dalian, Madrid, and other places, including Mariah Carey (China Tour), Backstreet Boys (China Tour), Richard Marx, Jason Mraz, Rolling Stones 30, Jacky Cheung, Jay Chou, Faye Wong, Karen Mok, A-Mei, Stefanie Sun, Zhang Jie, Jam Hsiao, Hebe Tien, Sodagreen, and Wu Bai; and more than a thousand influential performance projects, including world classic musicals Cats, Mamma Mia!, My Fair Lady, The Sound of Music, and An American in Paris; the world epic stage play War Horse; the ballet Swan Lake; the star drama Requiem; Yang Liping's dance drama Peacock; the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra New Year's Concert; the National Arts Centre Orchestra of Canada Concert; Li Yundi New Year Symphony Concert; and Ouyang Nana Tour Concert. At the same time, the company allocates resources globally and has established cooperative relations with Universal Music, Rock Records International Music, Electric Light & Fire, AEG, Live Nation, and large performance agencies in the United States, the United Kingdom, Spain, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Italy, and other countries. In addition, the company is regularly invited to attend the American Performing Arts Presenters Annual Conference, the Mid-America Arts Alliance Annual Conference, the Edinburgh Festival in the United Kingdom, and the Canadian International Performing Arts Exchange, engaging in exchanges with professionals from around the world and fully building an international cultural exchange and cooperation platform. In terms of convention and exhibition, the company has undertaken on multiple occasions the design and construction of the Chongqing exhibition area (pavilion) at domestic exhibitions such as the China (Shenzhen) International Cultural Industries Fair, the China Western Cultural Industries Expo, and the China Art Festival Performing Arts Products Expo and Trade Fair. It has also hosted many large-scale cultural and artistic events in Chongqing, such as the Asian Arts Festival, the Chinese Poetry Festival, the World Rivers Concert, the Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Performance Week, the Benefiting the People Cultural Tourism Consumption Season, and the Chongqing-Singapore International E-sports Carnival. In addition, it has organized and planned Chongqing's external cultural exchange activities on many occasions, such as "Chongqing Cultural Tourism Week" in the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Italy, and the United States; "Happy Chinese New Year" in the United Kingdom, the United States, Japan, West Africa, and Portugal; and the National Arts Fund "Bayu Style" European tour, with footprints across more than ten countries on five continents, helping Chongqing become a strong cultural city and a world-renowned tourism destination. In recent years, the company has won many honors, including "Trustworthy Business Unit in China's Performing Arts Industry" and the "Excellent Display Award" of the China (Shenzhen) International Cultural Industries Fair.