On October 17, the 7th International Festival of Intangible Cultural Heritage opened in the International Intangible Cultural Heritage Park in Chengdu. Wang Zhengwei, Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, declared the opening of the festival. Yin Li, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Sichuan Provincial Committee and Governor of the People's Government of Sichuan Province, and Luo shugang, Minister of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People's Republic of China delivered speeches. Ernesto Ottone Ramirez, Assistant Director-General for Culture of UNESCO, delivered a video speech.
  Yin Li extended a warm welcome to guests present on behalf of the CPC Sichuan Provincial Committee and the People's Government of Sichuan Province. He said, Sichuan attached great importance to the protection of intangible cultural heritage and has been always adhering to the concept of "connecting intangible cultural heritage with people, commerce and life" to promote the inheritance and development of intangible cultural heritage. Since the International Festival of Intangible Cultural Heritage was settled in Chengdu, Sichuan, Sichuan had been adhering to high-level management of international intangible cultural heritage exhibitions, promotion of intangible cultural heritage and other activities to promote the creative transformation and innovative development of fine traditional culture, and the International Festival of Intangible Cultural Heritage had become an important tie between Sichuan and the world. He believed that the International Festival of Intangible Cultural Heritage would further promote cultural exchanges and mutual learning and accelerate the development and inheritance of intangible cultural heritage so as to meet the growing needs of the people for a better life. He hoped that people could share more experience in the protection of intangible cultural heritage, carry forward more techniques for the inheritance of intangible cultural heritage, continue to care and support the development of Sichuan's intangible cultural heritage, and protect the fine cultural heritage of mankind with joint efforts. He wished people to visit Sichuan, enjoy Sichuan's beautiful natural scenery, and experience the colorful ethnic customs and the comfortable and comfortable cultural life.
  Luo Shugang extended a warm welcome to guests from all over the world on behalf of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People's Republic of China. He said, the Chinese excellent traditional culture was the root and soul of the Chinese nation and the foundation of our firm cultural confidence in the agitation of other cultures in the world. Intangible cultural heritage was not only a living gene of Chinese excellent traditional culture, but also an important source of cultural creativity. The Chinese government had always attached great importance to the protection and inheritance of intangible cultural heritage, after many years of practical promotion, the protection of intangible cultural heritage had become the cultural consciousness of the whole nation, in the practice of protection and inheritance, the ecological protection concept of connecting intangible cultural heritage with people, commerce and life, and the living inheritance concept of people as the core and life as the carrier, had been formed to promote the integration of intangible cultural heritage into the production and life. Following the principles and spirit of UNESCO's Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage, the Chinese government had actively implemented the convention, and the International Festival of Intangible Cultural Heritage had become an important platform for promoting the convention, displaying distinctive intangible cultural heritage of different ethnic groups in different countries, exchanging protection experiences, promoting cultural exchanges and expanding the influence of Chinese culture. He believed that the 7th International Festival of Intangible Cultural Heritage would greatly promote the inheritance of intangible cultural heritage and the integrated development of culture and tourism.
  Ernesto Ottone Ramirez congratulated the opening of the 7th International Festival of Intangible Cultural Heritage on behalf of UNESCO, and hoped it would achieve fruitful results and help promote intangible cultural heritage protection to be a top topic among the global topics.
  Taking "Inheriting Colorful Culture, Creating a Beautiful Life" as the theme, the 7th International Festival of Intangible Cultural Heritage will attract more than 1,100 intangible cultural heritage projects from more than 80 countries and regions around the world to the park for display and exchanges.
  Yang Xingping, Vice Governor of the People's Government of Sichuan Province, presided over the opening ceremony. Wang Zhengrong, Vice Chairman of the Sichuan Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Luo Qiang, Mayor of Chengdu City, representatives of governments and international organizations, relevant central departments and sister provinces and cities attended the opening ceremony.
  After the opening ceremony, Wang Zhengwei, Yin Li and other guests visited the intangible cultural heritage exhibition.