The 12th Shandong Culture and Art Festival will mainly be held in Jinan, Yantai, and Binzhou to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, said the Shandong Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism during a news conference on June 7.

Running from the middle of April to the end of July, the festival will last about 100 days in total, during which more than 20 categories of activities involving professional art, mass culture, intangible cultural heritage exhibition, and theoretical discussion will take place to entertain the public and enrich their cultural lives.

A climactic moment during the opera Yimeng Mountain. The opera was produced by the Publicity Department of the CPC Shandong Provincial Committee and the Shandong Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism based on true stories. [Photo by Cui Yuan/provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

The competition and performance of newly created plays will be held in Jinan and Yantai from June 8 to July 2. The 20 plays to be performed are all outstanding large-scale plays newly created and launched by the province's literary and artistic workers in the past three years.

The competition of newly created small-sized dramas has been held in the Binzhou Grand Theater, Binzhou Qunxing Theater, and Binzhou Cinema Theater.

More than 320 performances to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the CPC have been held in the province thus far.

A series of mass cultural activities, including a mass chorus performance of "Everybody Sing", the Shandong Provincial Mass Culture and Fine Arts Exhibition, and a folk music, poetry, and painting concert, will be held.

In addition, a series of activities to promote the province's rich and diverse ICH items will take place. Online streaming sales will also be held to attract more engagement.