A cultural forum of the cooperation format between China and the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, bringing together ministry officials, festival directors and musicians for exchange projects and co-productions. Its second edition met at Chengdu in June 2018. The forum was founded in Beijing in 2016 and meets every two years. The Chengdu edition ran from 11 to 15 June 2018, organised by China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism together with the provincial government of Sichuan, and drew close to 300 participants from China and sixteen Central and Eastern European countries. Its work was divided into five parallel sessions on music, fine arts, dance, drama and programmes for children, alongside two cooperation fairs. The China–CEEC Arts Cooperation Forum is a platform for artistic exchange between China and the countries of Central and Eastern Europe.