"The creativity, preparation and birth of the National Art Foundation bear the genes of reform and are another fruit of the innovation of cultural system and mechanism." Cai Wu, Party Secretary and Minister of the Ministry of Culture, spoke highly of the significance of the National Art Fund. "The National Art Foundation has changed the previous mode of direct financial investment to' nurturing people', which is conducive to the separation of management and management, breaking through the shortcomings of traditional cultural systems such as compartmentalization and departmental management, and promoting the transformation of government functions. An important step has been taken in exploring a cultural investment model that adapts to the new requirements of reform and development. "
"The National Art Fund is still mainly funded by the central government, which is in addition to the original artistic production and creation funds of the Ministry of Culture and is an increase." Zhao Wen, director of the Finance Department of the Ministry of Culture, said, "In terms of funding sources, the National Arts Fund not only played a leading role in the national financial funds, but also fully mobilized the enthusiasm of social forces, and also accepted social donations, providing a new open platform for social funds to fund cultural development."
Yu Weiping, a member of the Party Group and Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Finance, believes that the National Art Fund has filled the gap in the National Cultural Fund, developed and improved a diversified and socialized funding system for culture and art, improved the efficiency of the use of financial funds, and attracted social input.
The destination of funds: to meet the diversity of artistic development
Music, dance, drama, fine arts, Quyi and other arts are diverse. With the development of new technology and information revolution, new artistic styles are constantly emerging.
"Compared with other types of funds in the humanities field, art funds are characterized by diversity, openness, extensiveness and complexity." Han Ziyong, director of the National Art Fund Management Center of the Ministry of Culture, admits that the management of the National Art Fund is challenging. "The applicants are complex and diverse, and the laws of art management, artistic creation and social evaluation are also very complicated. This determines that the results of the projects funded by the Art Fund will be rich and colorful. The National Art Foundation focuses on four major directions: creative production, publicity and promotion, collection and talent training. The focus is on the creation and production of artistic ontology. "
"The National Art Exhibition is held every five years, and many outstanding works win prizes in each session. However, going abroad to hold exhibitions is often hampered by insufficient funds. " Liu Dawei, vice chairman of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and chairman of the China Artists Association, said with pleasure that he noticed that the National Art Foundation has a funding direction for publicity and collection, and will collect outstanding works of art funded by the Fund according to the collection direction and standards set by the National Art Foundation, and hold various exhibitions from time to time to expand the influence of outstanding works.
Cai Wu hopes that the art foundation should be forward-looking, be good at discovering talents, pay attention to those lesser-known artists who are full of talent and sense of responsibility, and provide them with more opportunities to show their artistic talents.