The CAA kicked off a series of academic events to mark the 95th Anniversary of itst founding on April 8th, 2023, its Launch Day.

The event was attended by people as follows: Liu Dongyan, Deputy Director of the Department of Science, Technology and Education of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism; Li Xin, Secretary of the Party Group and Vice Chair of the Chinese Calligraphers Association (CCA); Xu Jiang, Vice Chair of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (CFLAC) and Chair of the Zhejiang Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles (ZPFLAC); Chen Zhenlian, Vice Chair of the CFLAC, Advisor to the CCA, and Vice President and Secretary General of the Xiling Seal Engraver's Society; and important figures of the CAA, including Jin Yibin, its Party Secretary ; Gao Shiming, President; and Members of the Party Committee, Sun Xudong, Liu Zheng, Fang Peixin, Shen Hao, Fu Qiaoling, Cao Xiaoyang, Han Xu, Xu Guoqiang, and Yu Xuhong included; Marco Mueller, former president of the Venice International Film Festival, and his wife; Wang Yan, Director of the Calligraphy Art Center of the CFLAC; Zhao Yanjun, Vice Chair of the ZPFLAC, Secretary of the Secretariat, and Chair of the Zhejiang Province Calligraphers Association, as well as leaders from relevant departments of the provincial government, distinguished artists, leaders from partner institutions, former leaders of the CAA, colleagues from the fields of culture, art, and education, media representatives, and faculty and student representatives. The event was hosted by Han Xu, Vice President of the CAA.

Gao Shiming announced that starting in 2023, the CAA has launched its academic program "Grand Master of the Century" until the centennial of the Academy's founding in 2028. With a legacy spanning close to a century, the Academy has witnessed master predecessors springing up, lighting up the sky of Chinese modern art history, who constitute the CAA's spirit and academic foundation. Since its establishment, CAA has been an academy with lofty education ideals and great artistic concerns. Each year, we look back on the history of the Academy, not just to improve the "CAA Narrative", but also to explore new propositions and visions for art and art education. Given the many new proposals emerging in this new century and era, we propose the theme of "Get Firsthand Knowledge from the Masters, Follow the Footsteps of the Great", which implies a way to make innovations by drawing inspiration from the past. Specifically, tradition gets developed and evolved as it passes down, and thus it may lead to innovations. As such, it's essential to establish a reciprocal relationship between the past and present, where both learn from each other, and respect the past while innovating for the future.

Gao Shiming stated that the core academic event of the 95th anniversary of the CAA's founding is "Inter-World-View: World Civilizations Forum". The team went to over ten crucial historic sites of world civilizations, to experience spectacular histories and explore the subtle traces of mutual learning. Sessions distributed in different places will be delivered and a themed short video shot to form the forum and exhibition. This international art campaign comprising "teaching, creation, action and communication" intends to fathom the origin of art and education from the perspective of exchange and mutual learning among civilizations. Meanwhile, a present-focused mindset is emphasized. The development and potential trends of human civilization, especially science and technology in the 21st century will be probed into. By doing so, the event provides an opportunity to cultivate young artists with a global view, historical awareness and artistic ambition. Under the framework of mutual learning among civilizations and through the dialogue of worldview, we should consider these brilliant and profound traditions in the history of human civilization as the bedrock of artistic creation and spirits, and delve into the classics with an open mind. By tapping into the wisdom of history and working alongside masters of the past generations, we innovate through the exchange and mutual learning among civilizations, hence the theme "Get Firsthand Knowledge from the Masters, Follow the Footsteps of the Great". When CAA Liangzhu Campus fully opens in October this year, it will also seek to relaunch its subject of design in the birthplace of 5,000 years of Chinese civilization.

The Academy has prepared three items for the first CAA Launch.

First, it establishes the CAA School of Calligraphy in 1963, artists and educators, such as Pan Tianshou, Lu Weizhao, Sha Menghai set up the first calligraphic education major in Chinese higher education. As calligraphy art continued to develop, a major adjustment was made by the authorities in the classification of artistic disciplines in 2022, and the discipline of Fine Arts and Calligraphy has hence become a first-level discipline.

Second, it establishes two academic platforms, namely China Cinematic Arts Institute to shoulder the responsibility for creating public culture and promoting social aesthetic education. Building on the CAA's profound artistic foundation, China Cinematic Arts Institute is dedicated to further elevating the status of Chinese movies in the world, enhancing their international influence, and promoting the development of dynamic image technology, striving to become a new engine for artistic innovation of Chinese movies. The School of Social Aesthetic Education carries on the original aspiration Cai Yuanpei proposed at the opening ceremony of the National Academy of Art, that we should transform people's hearts with the heart of beauty so that they could obtain a true life. It advocates all-round and lifelong education, promotes traditional Chinese culture and nourishes the souls of the general public. The new institute will collaborate with other institutions of higher education, government departments, enterprises and industry associations to realize the integration, investment and transference of quality resources and deliver aesthetic education results throughout society.

Third, it releases two new things, the CAA Cosmos and Meta Art Academy. CAA Cosmos is an online art community that allows real-time multi-person interaction. Users can learn, socialize, and play games by creating their own digital identities, sharing their original artworks, and organizing and participating in art activities. CAA Cosmos builds virtual spaces and social scenarios with infinite possibilities, providing an innovative and interactive platform for artists, designers, and creators around the world. Meanwhile, by continuously exploring and applying AI and other new technologies, CAA Cosmos will bring a more wonderful meta social app full of imagination to its users. Meta Art Academy (MAA) is a mixed reality interface for single-person immersive experience. With hyper-immersive theme world courses, realistic audio-visual exhibition and performance sympathetic theater and mixed reality entrances transcending every dimension, MAA creates a virtual art academy that offers one multiverse to each person, and one thematic world for each lesson.