"Xiling Academy" was inaugurated at the China Cultural Center in Tokyo, Japan on Wednesday. The establishment of Japan's "Xiling Academy" marks an important progress in international cultural exchanges. 

"Xiling Academy" in Japan will roll out training sessions and exchange activities on creative artforms such as seal cutting, calligraphy and painting. It will also hold various cultural activities such as exhibitions and competitions. 

Blessed with its branding influence as well as the prestigious members of the Xiling Seal Society, "Xiling Academy" in Japan is expected to further boost the cultural exchanges between China and Japan. This new establishment is injecting new impetus in the traditional culture of both countries, aiming to achieve new progress in international cultural exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations.

Meanwhile, on the sidelines of the inauguration ceremony, Chen Zhenlian, vice chairman of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, gave a lecture to the delegates on China-Japan exchanges in seal making studies and the development of "Xiling Seal Art Society."

The Xiling Seal Art Society, a Chinese arts organization based in Hangzhou, capital of East China's Zhejiang Province, was founded in 1904. This is the earliest Chinese society formed by specialists in seal engraving, calligraphy and painting.

The "Xiling Academy" was established in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in 2017. A public welfare project dedicated to inheriting and promoting traditional Chinese culture, "Xiling Academy" has been showcasing the charm of traditional Chinese culture through calligraphy, painting and seal cutting. It has carried out a series of cultural events in many countries and regions, becoming an important link in cultural exchanges with foreign countries.

The Xiling Seal Art Society, is one of China's most important traditional stone seal engraving associations, a key National Relics Preservation Unit and its engraving a national intangible cultural heritage.

In 2009, UNESCO added the Xiling Seal Art Society to its list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Due to its great achievements in seal engraving, calligraphy, and painting and an impressive collection of art, the prestigious Xiling Seal Art Society has won itself the honor of being considered the best society of its kind.