On November 30th, "the 2019 China Interior Design Week", as known as  "The Greater Bay Area Life Design Festival 2019 China Interior Design Awards Ceremony"was held in Lecong Town, Shunde District, Foshan City, Guangdong Province. This ceremony jointly sponsored by China National Interior Decoration Association(CIDA), Urban Design Institute of Central Academy of Fine Art, and the People's Government of Shunde District, Foshan City, Guangdong Province, and co-sponsored by China Furniture Association and DCL London Design Center. The theme of this Life Design Festival was "Innovation-Driven Art Life". During the design festival, the China International Interior Design Summit Forum, The Fifth Asian Interior Design Roundtable Discussion Forum, the City of Tomorrow Forum 2019-Art Shaping the City and the Fourth Public Art and Urban Design Summit Forum, the National Interior Decoration Industry Work Forum, The Art Display & Decoration Committee of China National Interior Decoration Association【ADCC】 Annual Meeting, The Design Committee of China National Interior Decoration Association【ADCC】Annual Meeting, "Kylin's Talk", "Kirin's Open Class", "Me and Crystal Kirin 2010-2019" Special Exhibition, "Winning Exhibition of 2019 Sky Crane Award - International Innovation Design Competition", "the 2019 China Interior Design Awards Ceremony" and many other content.

"China Interior Design Week" moved to Lecong Town, Shunde City, Foshan District, Guangdong Province, which is known as "Chinese Home Furnishing Trade and Innovation" and is also the world's largest home furnishing distribution center. This will inject more diversified design power into this area, promote industrial upgrading and transformation, and help Foshan Lecong's future use of design and culture to truly transform into the world's most influential home furnishing industry center. 

At 14:00 on November 30th, the opening ceremony was held in the Bailan Hall, China Europe Center, Foshan New Town. The host was Professor Wang Zhong, vice president of China Interior Decoration Association and dean of Urban Design Institute of Central Academy of Fine Art.

Zhang Chonghe (member of Committee for Internal and Judicial Affairs of the 12th National People's Congress, former deputy director of State Commission Office of Public Sectors Reform, current party secretary and chairman of the China National Light Industry Council); Wang Xiaolin (deputy dean of the Central Academy of Fine Arts), Steve Leung (President of International Federation of Interior Architects/Designers), Zhang Li ( Chairman of China Interior Decoration Association), Zhang Yun (deputy director  of Foshan Sino-German Industrial Services Zone), Xu Xiangnan (deputy secretary of the Party Committee of China National Light Industry Council and Chairman of China National Furniture Association) delivered speeches successively.

Zhang Chonghe delivered a speech. He said that the holding of this design week will be a good way to explore the future development of the interior decoration industry, promote a high level of design innovation, and lead the high-quality development of interior decoration.

"This is the significance and mission of this Greater Bay Area Life Design Festival!"Wang Xiaolin said in her speech that the spotlight of the times is focusing on the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. As the hinterland of the Greater Bay Area, Shunde, Guangdong is also in the process of promoting industrial upgrading and development driven by culture and innovative design, corresponding to the development trend of the country and industry, and will innovate design. The infusion of power and resources into Shunde, Guangdong, a new frontier of development rooted in the hinterland of the Greater Bay Area, and integration into the industry will help the industry to upgrade and develop and profoundly change the lives of the people.

Steve Leung delivered a speech. "I hope that through this design week, the design industry will be able to communicate and cooperate with each other, with an open, innovative and professional attitude, work together for the development of the design industry, the cultivation of future talents, and the improvement of life, so as to help China's design go higher and further,"Steve Leung said.

Zhang Li delivered a speech. She said that in order to promote industrial integration and integration of production and education, this year's Design Week moved to Shunde, Foshan. This move aims to rely on the advantages of Shunde Lecong, China's home furnishing business and innovation capital, to give play to the geographical and industrial advantages of the Lecong home furnishing industry cluster, to further gather innovative and entrepreneurial resources and talents in the Greater Bay Area, and to promote the cross-border linkage and cooperation of interior decoration Industrial integration, driven by design, promotes the transformation and upgrading of local economic development.

"Innovation is the first driving force leading development." Zhang Yun said in his speech that Foshan will seek innovation and breakthroughs from the perspective of the Greater Bay Area and the global perspective. At the same time, under the opportunity of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area construction strategy, Shunde District is also taking the lead in building a high-quality development system and mechanism reform and innovation experimental zone in Guangdong Province. It is constantly taking advantage of the core location of the region’s integration into the Greater Bay Area.         We will Embrace innovation, care for talents, unswervingly create a first-class business environment, and promote high-quality development in all directions.

Mr. Xu Xiangnan gave a speech. He said that Design Week takes innovative design as the leader, the art of life as the fulcrum, concentrates resource advantages, and focuses on industrial development, which adds new impetus to leading Chinese furniture to the road of innovative design and promoting the high-quality development of the industry.

After that, the launch ceremony began, and the "China Interior Design Week" and the Greater Bay Area Life Design Festival officially kicked off.

Guests attending the opening ceremony:

Member of Committee for Internal and Judicial Affairs of the 12th National People's Congress, Former Deputy Director of State Commission Office of Public Sectors Reform, Current Party Secretary and Chairman of the China National Light Industry CouncilMinister Zhang Chonghe

Professor Chang Shana, Member of Standing Committee of the 9th National People's Congress, Famous art design educator and art designer

Xu Xiangnan, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of China National Light Industry Council and Chairman of China National Furniture Association

Liu Xu, Honorary President of China Interior Decoration Association and Director of Industry Development Strategy Committee

Wang Xiaolin, Vice President of Central Academy of Fine Art(CAFA)

Zhang Li, Chairman of China Interior Decoration Association

Wang Chen, Director and Deputy General Manager of (CAEG) China Arts and Entertainment Group Ltd.

Wang Zhong, Vice president of China Interior Decoration Association, Dean of Urban Design  Institute of Central Academy of Fine Art(CAFA)

Steve Leung, President of International Federation of Interior Architects/Designers(IFI)

Zhang Xinjie, Secretary of Party Committee of Beijiao Town Committee, Shunde District, Foshan City, Guangdong Province

Cui Weiguo, Secretary of Party Committee Committee of Lecong Town，Shunde District, Foshan City, Guangdong Province

Zhang Yun, Deputy Director of Foshan Sino-German Industrial Services Zone

After the opening ceremony, "China International Interior Design Summit Forum", the highlight of the "China Interior Design Week festival" will start at 15:00. This is the iconic brand event of "China Interior Design Week". It has the distinctive characteristics of internationality, professionalism, academicity, and high-end, and it is the vane of the industry. With the theme of design driving force, this forum invited industry masters, experts and scholars such as Chang Shana, Jeffrey Shaw, and Anton Cibic to give lectures and discussions. At the meeting, the guests faced the major issues of China's interior design, created an academic highland for active dialogue with the world's design art, and expressed constructive views on the content of the discussion.

Chang Shana emphasized that innovation is right, but the premise of innovation is to learn, research, and innovate well, and to ensure the local characteristics and not to blindly imitate foreign countries. She said that Chinese traditional culture and history can be used as prototypes for creation, and the younger generation of designers can "use the foreign for China and the past for the present".

Nowadays, due to various factors, our artworks are being threatened more and more. How can we ensure that our cultural heritage can be passed down? “Technology can be used as a spark to ignite the design and protection of artworks,” said Shao Zhifei, using advanced science and technology, combining digital means with art, and combining the experimental nature of technology with artistic value and aesthetic value. Reproduce the cultural traditions of the past. At the same time, this technical means of artistic treatment can also enable people to directly "dialogue" with the artwork, so as to obtain a better sense of interaction and experience.

Aldo Cibic, his speech today is "Poetic Aesthetics in Daily Life". He said that his design mainly reflects how an individual lives in daily life. On the one hand, his appeal is to have personal temperature and personal characteristics, on the other hand, it also has corresponding functions. He hopes to design in a pleasant way, which he calls happy design. Whether it is used for shape, color, texture and so on, he wanted to convey the concept of pleasant design.

This "China International Interior Design Summit Forum" was hosted by Professor Yang Dongjiang, Vice President of China Interior Decoration Association and Vice Dean of Academy of Arts & Design , Tsinghua University

On the morning of the same day, a series of activities including "Kylin's Talk" , "Me and Crystal Kirin 2010-2019" Special Exhibition and "Winning Exhibition of 2019 Sky Crane Award - International Innovation Design Competition held on the 9th floor of Sofitel Foshan Louvre Hotel. Use "design culture" to influence people's lives, use "space interaction" to promote industrial integration, and use "design innovation exchange" to increase platform cohesion, so that multiple industries and cross-borders can generate new economic output. Integrate design into the city, and make life artistic. Let the life artistic, art into daily life.

"Kylin's Talk" is a design presentation will be held before the award ceremony. As the highest award in China's display art category, this year is the tenth year of "Art Display China·Crystal Kylin Awards". Looking through each period of the past ten years, we can’t help feeling that time is a great mentor. It reproduces energy for creators, gives fruit to strugglers, engraves eternity for adherents, and sows sunshine for communicators.

Based on the principle of fairness and impartiality to the awards, the organizing committee uses "Kylin's Talk" to create the most stringent evaluation and on-site exchange and learning platform in history. The finalist designers will explain their design concepts on the spot, and the professional  judges and public reviewers will participate in the voting together. The final winners will be announced at "The 2019 China Interior Design Awards Ceremony".

This time, "Art Display China·Crystal Kylin Awards" and Central Academy of Fine Art（CAFA）will jointly create the "Me and Crystal Kirin 2010-2019" Special Exhibition and the "Winning Exhibition of 2019 Sky Crane Award - International Innovation Design Competition" at Sofitel Foshan Louvre Hotel. Let the award-winning works integrate with the deep aesthetics of daily life; the sublimation of cultural and artistic connotations in life design will bring new inspiration for product innovation and upgrading to local industries, integrate more innovative design elements into products, and enhance the aesthetics of the industry. Design for life, innovate for the future!

"Naturally"—ADCC·2019 Annual Conference

From 2018's "Sitting and Watching the Clouds" to 2019's "Naturally", the working meeting of "The Art Display & Decoration Committee  of China National Interior Decoration Association" was held in Ruimei Jisi, Block R, Guangdong Industrial Design City, Foshan. Accompanied by the harmonious piano and pipe ensemble, the annual meeting of the Art Display & Decoration Committee will narrate,  hearken, and review in poetic and picturesque stories. Many old and new friends gather together to share a beautiful time.

As one of the important sections of the "China Interior Design Week and The Greater Bay Area Life Design Festival" on December 1th, the "Foshan, China | the City of Tomorrow Forum 2019-Art Shaping the City and the Fourth Public Art and Urban Design Summit Forum" hosted by the Central Academy of Fine Art was officially launched at the Sofitel Lecong Hotel, Shunde District, Foshan City, Guangdong Province. Since 2016, "the City of Tomorrow Forum" has been successfully held for three consecutive sessions. Twelve experts from China, Britain, and Austria are invited to participate in keynote speeches, academic discussions, seminars and other activities. With the theme of "art shaping the city", everyone focused on how to systematically build a "soft city", and jointly think about artistic thinking as one of the core driving forces of innovative thinking. Where are the possibilities of art in terms of new productivity? And what will it present in terms of urban development? This forum is bound to produce multi-dimensional sparks, rich nutrition and active value, and with the wisdom of high-end academic exchanges, create an international academic summit that takes into account art, design and urban design.

This forum is jointly held by Professor Fan Di'an, President of the Central Academy of Fine Arts and Chairman of the China Artists Association. Professor Wang Zhong, Dean of the Urban Design Institute of Central Academy of Fine Art, and Mr. Ma Xiaowei, Co-founder of DCL London Design Center and Initiator of the "City of Tomorrow Forum" , jointly acted as the chief planner. Professor Zhou Rong, a well-known research scholar, critic, curator, and Deputy Dean of the Urban Design and Innovation Institute of Central Academy of Fine Art, served as the academic chair. The forum was co-organized by the Urban Design Institute of Central Academy of Fine Art, DCL London Design Center, the Central Academy of Fine Arts China Public Art Research Center, The Art Display & Decoration Committee of Central Academy of Fine Arts, and the Institute of Urban Design and Innovation. It has been strongly supported by the China Interior Decoration Association and the People's Government of Shunde District, Foshan City. The forum focused on how to systematically build a "soft city" and the forum actively responds to the common theme of China's urbanization process.

The guests attending the forum were: Zhang Chonghe (Member of the Committee for Internal and Judicial Affairs of the 12th National People's Congress, Former Deputy Director of the State Commission Office of Public Sectors Reform, Current Secretary of the Party Committee of the China National Light Industry Council and Minister), Wang Xiaolin, (Vice President of the Central Academy of Fine Art),  Fang Xiaofeng (Deputy Dean of the Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University and Chief Editor of Decoration magazine), Xu Xiangnan, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of China National Light Industry Council and Chairman of China Furniture Association), Donald Hyslop (Head of Urban Culture,Tate Modern,UK), Gerfried Stocker (President and Art Director of Ars Electronica Festival), Liu Yuedi (Researcher of the Institute of Philosophy, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences), Wang Yudong (Deputy Director of the Organizing Committee Office of Beijing Design Week, Vice-general Manager of Beijing Gehua Cultural Development Group), Bao Shidu (Dean of the Donghua University Environmental Art Design Research Institute and Chairman of the China Association for Standardization Urban Furniture Branch), Li Fengyu (Founder of SPD Planning Design Corporation, Winner of the 2017.2018.2019 Sustainable Cities and Human Settlements Award), Wang Zhong (Dean of the Urban Design Institute of Central Academy of Fine Art), Ma Juncheng (Deputy Ma Juncheng, Deputy Dean of the School of Urban Design, Central Academy of Fine Arts), Wu Guodong ( Deputy Secretary-General of China Furniture Association), Xiao Ge (Chief Editor of art.ifeng.com), Hao Ninghui (Central Academy of Fine Arts), Wang Wenchao (Founder of "Beijing Art Graduation Season"), Hu Xueqin (Associate Professor of Central Academy of Fine Art and Secretary-General of "Sky Crane Awards" )

Zhang Chonghe, President of China National Light Industry Council, delivered a speech. He said that in recent years, the Chinese government has attached great importance to the human settlement and ecological environment. China's urban construction has changed from the pursuit of scale to the pursuit of quality, from hardware construction to soft city construction. The urban art and artistic urbanization,has become the new mainstream, giving the city its unique charm. In the forum, experts, scholars and designers in the fields of urban planning, urban construction, and culture gathered to discuss the new concept of urban design and the integration of art and city from the perspective of art. It is believed that the forum will be a great inspiration for building a livable city and a city where people and nature live in harmony.

Wang Xiaolin, Vice President of the Central Academy of Fine Art, said that this event relied on the academic support of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, with innovative design as the soul and life art as the fulcrum, to carry out a series of activities. Among them, this summit forum is an important part of "The Greater Bay Area Life Design Festival". The forum gathered art experts from China, Britain, and Austria. Institutions and artists from cities in the Greater Bay Area actively participated, making the forum professional and innovative.

"What are the advantages of being a post-developed country in competing countries?"Fang Xiaofeng, Deputy Dean of the Academy of Arts & Design , Tsinghua University, said that China has not fully understood and valued its own traditions during decades of development. In the process of learning from Western experience, some things were copied, which also brought about problems such as unbalanced urban development.

Keynote Speech

The first guest to share was the keynote speech "Innovation and Social Value in Cities" by Donald Hyslop, head of urban culture,Tate Modern,UK. He said that globalization and urbanization are irreversible trends. The construction of public services, transportation, parks and public spaces have become increasingly important topics. This is also the background of the concept of "soft city". We not only want the prosperity of the city, but also the spiritual richness.

"The cultural image of the city has disappeared. A city without art has no soul."In the decades of great development of urban construction, Chinese cities have undergone tremendous changes, but at the same time, the phenomenon of "a thousand cities with one side" has also appeared.

Wang Zhong, Dean of Urban Design Institute of Central Academy of Fine Art, gave a keynote speech on "Art Shapes the City", regretting the lack of culture and art in China's urban construction. He believes that the development trend of world cities has changed from a functional city to a humane city. China’s urban construction must shift from quantity to quality, turning hard cities into soft cities.

Gerfried Stocker of Austria gave a keynote speech on "Creating the Future". He took the Ars Electronica Festival as a case to introduce the impact of digital technology on urban development. He introduced that the Arts Electronic Festival is not only attended by artists and professionals, but also a feast for ordinary people to experience art. Electronic music festivals are becoming more and more influential. We held 16 cities in the same period. Some places that did not have the conditions were transformed and contracted. A festival changed the city's infrastructure.

Liu Yuedi, a researcher at the Institute of Philosophy of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, gave a keynote speech on "The "Life Aesthetics" of Chinese Town Design". He believed that beauty should not only be external, it should be moisturizing things silently and integrated into daily life. This is also the first time China has used aesthetics to define the paradigm of life aesthetics. To revive the aesthetics of the small town is to revive the aesthetics of Chinese life.

Discussion Session One

Keywords: city, art, tomorrow

Host: Ma Xiaowei?

Guests: Donald Hyslop (UK), Wang Zhong, Fang Xiaofeng, Bao Shidu, Li Fengyu

What is the meaning of the city art gallery to the city? In this regard, Wang Zhong said that art gallerys are a catalyst for urban culture, and are closely linked to the image of the city, tourism, economy, and community culture, allowing the city to unleash more possibilities and make people feel happy. What impact does agglomeration have on urban construction? Fang Xiaofeng believes that agglomeration will bring conflicts, and the construction of a city must be beautiful, and it must be more humane and intimacy. What advice does the British experience have for China's urban construction? Culture and art will play many roles, allowing people of different languages and professions to gather together to participate in the construction of public art.

Discussion Session Two

Key words: three characteristics of a city: transaction, defense, and sanctity

Host: Zhou Rong

Guests: Gerfried Stocker, Liu Yuedi, Wang Yudong, Huang Jiancheng, Ma Juncheng

What are the key steps for technology to promote urban construction innovation? Gerfried Stocker said that it is very important to do interdisciplinary experiments to bring together creative talents in different fields and involve the general public. Liu Yuedi believes that cities should have a healthy cultural ecology and avoid similarities. It is necessary to take into account the differences and diversification of different cultures under the Chinese territory, find their own different cultural paradigms, and unify them from the development of diversification. Huang Jiancheng talked about his own feelings at the end. He thinks the topic of the city is a hot topic. Art is the common perception language of mankind, and the integration of art is more effective for the soft development of the city. The core concept of art building a city system is very important.

After 40 years of rapid development, the core of China's urbanization is changing from urban expansion to urban renewal and regeneration. Urban culture and sustainable development have also become an important theme. Currently, the process of urbanization in China has entered the second stage. The core issue at this stage is about the systematic construction of "soft cities". The current urban planning and construction models to guide the future development of Chinese cities cannot solve the problems arising from the process of urbanization in China. Therefore, we put forward the comprehensive concept of AUD (Art-oriented Urban Design). The concept advocates culturally-oriented urban development ideas, activates and optimizes the quality of urban public spaces with artistic thinking, highlights the city's character, activates the city's cultural atmosphere, cultivates innovation power, and creates sustainable economic and social values and cultural heritage. At the same time, the construction of a "soft city" guided by artistic intervention and urban design has reached a broad consensus. As an important carrier of the "soft city" and AUD urban design concept, public art can cultivate regional cultural innovation and cultural growth, create a humanistic atmosphere and shape livable spaces, optimize city taste and connotation, enhance city reputation and build a city Brand.

On December 1st, "the Fifth Asian Interior Design Roundtable Conference" hosted by China Interior Decoration Association was held in Foshan, Guangdong. The theme of this roundtable conference is "Future Oriented Talent Training Mechanism". The presidents of design associations from Singapore, Japan, South Korea, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau and other Asian countries and regions discussed new models and ideas for training interior design talents.

Liu Xu (Honorary President of China Interior Decoration Association and Director of Industry Development Strategy Committee), Zhang Li (President of China Interior Decoration Association), Liang Zhitian (Chairman of International Federation of Interior Architects/Designers), Yang Dongjiang (Vice President of China Interior Decoration Association, Deputy Director and Secretary-General of Design Professional Committee ), He Zongxian (Chairman of Hong Kong Interior Design Association), Qin Si (Chairman of Macau Interior Design Chamber of Commerce Greater Bay Area), Fu Jun (Chairman of Union for International Design of Macao), Gong Shuzhang (Chairman of (CSID) Chinese Society Of Interior Desige), Chen Junming (President of Taiwan Interior Design and Decoration Business Association) and Shashi Caan (CEO of IFI ), as well as Lea A. Aziz (President of (APSDA) Asia Pacific Space Designer Association), Muhamad Luthfi Hasan (Secretary of (HDII) Himpunan Desainer Interior Indonesia ), Hu Wenliang (President of (IDCS) Interior Design Confederation - Singapore), Ar. Tanuja BK (President of (IIID)Indian Institute of Interior Designers), Hiroyuki Niwa ( President of (JID) Japan Interior Designers Association), Park Inhak (Honorary President of Korea Interior Designer Association), Ong Sheng Keat (President of (SIDS) Society of Interior Designers – Singapore), Montip Lynn Assoratgoon (President of (TIDA)Thailand Interior Designers Association) and other Asian countries and regions' design association presidents Attend the meeting and speak. The meeting was co-chaired by Mr. Steve Leung and Professor Yang Dongjiang.

Zhang Li, Chairman of China Interior Decoration Association, made a speech. She said, "I hope everyone can brainstorm and speak freely to create a bright future for Asian interior design!"Zhang Li said that the theme of this year's Roundtable Discussion Forum is a future-oriented design talent training mechanism. The conference will discuss new ideas and new models of talent training in various countries and regions, and discuss how to realize the organic connection of education chain, talent chain, industrial chain, and innovation chain, and create an open, collaborative, shared, and co-constructed design talent ecosystem.

Steve Leung, President of International Federation of Interior Architects/Designers(IFI), explained the theme of the conference. He said that our theme this year is the future-oriented talent training mechanism, and we hope that the delegates can offer suggestions and insights on talent training in the context of globalization. This conference was organized around three aspects: the first is the current status of the training and development of design talents in the country and the region; the second is the level certification of designers; the third is how to cooperate in certification in various regions. Steve Leung urged that we must now look to the new generation and join hands to promote the development of innovative talent training mechanisms.

Professor Yang Dongjiang, vice president of China Interior Decoration Association, deputy director and secretary-general of the Design Professional Committee, gave a brief explanation on the work of China Interior Decoration Association around "talent training". He introduced that since the association was founded 30 years ago, talent training has always been a strategic task. The association not only organized and wrote professional training materials for interior designers, but also carried out relevant training for interior designers. At this stage, the association mainly carries out the training of interior designer talents from four aspects: first, the professional skill level evaluation and certification of interior designers; second, holding the China Design Trend-Original Design Competition, digging out design talents, and promoting original design; Third, set up a series of authoritative awards, including Top Ten People of the Year, Top Ten Institutions, Top100, and Top Ten Outstanding Young People of Guanghua Longteng Award, etc.; fourth, hold China Interior Design Week to promote design exchanges and the transformation of design innovation results. 

Lea A. Aziz, the new president of the Asia-Pacific Space Designers Association, pointed out in his speech that China and Indonesia are both countries with a long history, and the training of design talents cannot be separated from culture. At present, Indonesia has achieved certain results in the integration of multiculturalism and design, as well as the diversity of design talent training. In 2015, Indonesia opened a national certification mechanism for design talents and will promote the development of this mechanism through more empirical studies in the future. Indonesia is an archipelago country. Universities in different regions have different standards for talent training, so it is particularly important to strengthen exchanges and improve students' critical thinking, emotional intelligence, creativity, and cooperation (especially the ability of cross-border collaboration). Lea expressed that hoply various industry associations in Asia can work together to promote the formation of a common certification project.

Muhamad Luthfi Hasan, secretary general of the Himpunan Desainer Interior Indonesia（HDII), introduced the current situation of training and development of Indonesian interior design talents in his speech. In recent years, Indonesia's interior design industry has developed gratifyingly. Many designers have undertaken important and large-scale international projects, and some designers have won awards in international competitions. At present, HDII cooperates with 35 universities to hold design competitions for college students across the country, aiming to improve the practical ability of young talents in interior design. He looks forward to the emergence of more outstanding design talents in some specialized fields in the future, especially in transportation, health, and culture. 

Hu Wenliang, president of the Interior Design Confederation - Singapore, said that in order to improve the professional level of design talents, they initiated the PDP project, inviting professionals in various fields to share their project experience and provide designers with a cross-field perspective. In addition, they work with relevant government departments and provide policy support to better develop interior design talents in Singapore. Hu Wenliang pointed out that the current boundaries between countries are being dismantled due to digitalization, and it is a question that every association should think about to improve designers' ability to cope with the digital age.

Ar. Tanuja B.K, president of the Indian Institute of Interior Designers, stated in his speech that the Indian Institute of Interior Designers was established in 1972 and currently has about 8,000 registered members. Although the number is huge, 95% of them are architects and only 5% are interior designers with formal training. In recent years, in order to promote the cultivation of design talents in India, the association has launched the "Design Excellence Award". Among them, the "Annual Best Designer Under 35 Years Od Award" is specially set up to encourage young design talents. In terms of interior design education, the Indian Institute of Interior Designers held an interior design education conference last year and also set up corresponding scholarship programs to encourage young designers to exchange and study around the world.

Hiroyuki Niwa, president of the Japan Interior Designers Association(JID), mentioned in his speech that although the Japan Interior Designers Association was established in 1958,  the profession of interior designers has not received the attention it deserves in Japan. At present, there are more than 20 groups related to interior design in Japan. In order to promote the development of interior design in Japan and effectively deal with the increasingly serious problems of population decline and aging problems in Japan, it is necessary to unite these 20 groups to cultivate design talents. In the future, he hopes to develop educational resources in collaboration with local designers' associations across Asia.。

Park Inhak, president of president of the Korean Interior Architects and Designers Association, expresses in the speech that the Korean Interior Designers Association was established in 1979. In order to discover new designers, they set up the Korean Interior Architecture Awards and specially established the Korea interior designers Youth Committee (DISCO). In terms of the certification system for interior designer qualifications, South Korea has two nationally recognized qualification examinations every year. Regarding the training of design talents, he made suggestions in three aspects. First, in terms of education, design talents must have interdisciplinary qualities and combine theory with practice. Second, in terms of design enterprises, we should eliminate empiricism, improve the working environment, and realize the separation of design business and business operation. Third, in terms of designers, diversified exploration and cross-field communication should be carried out to achieve efficient work and effective rest. "Design is the act of solving problems and breaking through conventions!"

When sharing the training of design talents in Singapore, Mr.Ong Sheng Keat, the president of the Society of Interior Designers – Singapore（SIDS), said that the awareness of interior design should be promoted in the whole society, excellent design should be recognized, and the brand building, talent evaluation standards and resource sharing mechanism of interior design in Singapore should be improved. The association has cooperated with a number of government agencies to launch a new talent certification standard for 2020, which will conduct interior design talent certification in the three fields of interior architecture, interior design, and interior decoration. In addition, the association cooperated with Singapore’s vocational education sector last year and issued an interior decoration vocational education certificate. In addition, starting from last year, the Singapore Interior Design Association launched an exchange program to select 40 young designers under the age of 16 from Singapore to six cities including Kunming, Chongqing, Jinan and Hangzhou for exchange and learning.

Montip Lynn Assoratgoon, vice president of the Thailand Interior Designers Association(TIDA), shared the history and current situation of the training of design talents in Thailand. The first Bachelor of Arts program in Interior Design in Thailand was established in 1956 and the Thailand Interior Designers Association (TIDA) was established in 1985. Thailand has issued laws specifically for architects. Architecture, interior design, landscape and urban design are closely related fields. The promulgation of relevant laws shows that the government has recognized the importance of this field. In 2003, TIDA wrote special instructions for interior designers and introduced more than 20 certification courses. This is the basic situation of the development of the Thai design industry. In recent years, the trend of Thai interior design has changed a lot, and people hope to tell traditional stories in new ways. At present, Thailand is facing new challenges. The Mekong River is Thailand's mother river, but recently it is facing the danger of drying up. This is a problem that designers must face. "Designers are not only in the drawings, but also in the actions to take responsibility for the future.

Joey Ho, president of the Hong Kong Interior Design Association, said that the Hong Kong Interior Design Association has been exploring how to carry out professional certification since 2005. The association conducted a wide range of industry research and wrote reports on various aspects including designer expertise, behavioral ethics, rule recommendations, and professional standards. By making the report public to the whole community, the Association hopes to achieve the following results: First, to liaise closely with the education sector and pass on new ideas to the education sector in Hong Kong; Second, the industry and industry cooperation to better understand the needs of the industry; Third, to attract all the design talents to communicate with each other; The fourth is to pay attention to and ensure the long-term development of the design industry.

Qin Si, Chairman of the Greater Bay Area of Macau Interior Design Chamber of Commerce, and Fu Jun, Chairman of Union for International Design of Macao, introduced the development status and prospects of Macau's interior design industry successively. Macau interior design is a young industry. At present, the Chamber of Commerce and the Union are negotiating with the government to issue certification standards for interior designers, and are working with the University of Macau to study how to further cooperate in the training of interior design professionals. The Macau interior design industry hopes to promote related work under the leadership of the Mothers Association-China Interior Decoration Association. In recent years, the Macau government has vigorously developed the cultural and creative industry, and the interior design industry hopes to gain support and attention from all countries and regions, as soon as possible to achieve integration into the Greater Bay Area, embrace China, and look to the world.

Gong Shuzhang, chairman of the Chinese Society Of Interior Design（CSID), and Chen Junming, chairman of the Taiwan Interior Design and Decoration Commercial Association, introduced the current development of public design and interior design in Taiwan. Taiwan's interior design has a development history of more than 40 years. It has gone through the development process of the public not understanding design to paying attention to design. It has also formed a relatively complete mechanism for professionals, including work ethics, professional skills and other aspects. At present, design thinking has become an important force in the face of future development. They hope that Taiwanese designers can actively speak out and face the future on social issues such as transportation, public medical care, and aging.

In the end, IFI CEO Shashi Caan said that he was very pleased to see the great progress made by various countries in the cultivation of interior design talents. In recent years, the world has faced tremendous changes: the development of science and technology, scarcity of resources, changes in population structure, environmental problems, etc. are happening all over the world. The interior design industry must cater for the needs of people of different ages from 6 to 90 years old. Therefore, the establishment of qualification certification, laws and regulations, and industry standards are issues that need to be resolved urgently. She hopes that countries will strengthen cooperation in the cultivation of design talents, and that the interior design industry will receive more attention internationally and in various countries. 

So far, the "The Fifth Asian Interior Design Roundtable Discussion Forum" has come to a successful conclusion. All the delegates took a group photo. "Asian Interior Design Roundtable Discussion Forum" has been successfully held for five sessions so far, and it has received extensive attention from interior design organizations in various Asian countries and regions. Over the years, as a national-level platform, Roundtable Discussion Forum has successively discussed issues in the field of interior design such as design big data, design management, resource application, and intelligent technology, contributing wisdom to the development of the industry.

On the evening of December 1th, "China Interior Design Week"   and "the Greater Bay Area Life Design Festival - the 2019 China Interior Design Awards Ceremony" was held at the Zodiac Square, Louvre Museum, Foshan. As one of the key activities of "China Interior Design Week", this China Interior Design Awards Ceremony unites numerous awards from China National Interior Decoration Association(CIDA), The Art Display & Decoration Committee of China National Interior Decoration Association (ADCC), and the Central Academy of Fine Art(CAFA). It aimed at promoting Chinese design, carry forward the spirit of design, and at the same time improves the quality of people's lives, and continues the concept of sustainable development design.

In this award ceremony, six awards were awarded: "Life Home · China Top Ten Interior Design Figures of the Year", "China Top Ten Institutions of Interior Design", "2019 China Interior Design Top100 List", "CIDA Youth TOP 100", "Art Display China·Crystal Kylin Awards" and "Sky Crane Awards". This is a grand occasion for China's interior design. Its level and height represent the glory of China's top design. It is also a gathering of designers. It is to witness the ascription of the highest honor of the 2019 China Interior Design Awards Ceremony with many Chinese and foreign guests and designers, feel the glorious moments of different artistic beauty on the scene.

The leaders and guests attending the award ceremony were:

Wang Xiaolin, Vice President of Central Academy of Fine Art(CAFA)

Liu Xu, Honorary President of China Interior Decoration Association and Director of Industry Development Strategy Committee

Zhang Li, Chairman of China Interior Decoration Association

Wang Zhong, Dean of China Central Academy of Fine Arts City Design School, Vice president of China Interior Decoration Association

Steve Leung, President of International Federation of Interior Architects/Designers(IFI)

Liang Jianguo, Vice president of China Interior Decoration Association, Executive Director of the Art Display & Decoration Committee 

Fang Xiaofeng, Deputy Dean of the Academy of Fine Arts, Tsinghua University, Chief Editor of "Decoration", Long-term Professor & Doctoral Supervisor.