China Artists Association (CAA), established in 1949, is a professional organization of artists from various ethnic groups across China, under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC). It serves as a bridge connecting the CPC and the government with the art community. The association plays a significant role in promoting and advancing socialist art and culture, contributing to the development of a strong socialist cultural nation. The CAA is a member organization of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (CFLAC).
The CAA upholds the CPC’s literary and artistic policies, embracing a people-centered approach to work and creativity. It aligns with central objectives, serves the broader public, engages with grassroots communities, and fosters reform and innovation. The CAA fulfills its functions of uniting artists, coordinating efforts, providing services, and protecting rights. It organizes training, fieldwork, exhibitions, awards, publications, theoretical discussions, international exchanges, and volunteer art services. Committed to advancing China’s art industry, the CAA strives to be a supportive home for artists nationwide.
The CAA operates under a dual membership system, comprising group and individual members. Currently, it has 32 group members, including associations from 31 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities, as well as the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Art Association. The CAA also has over 15,500 individual members.
The highest authority of the CAA is the National Congress of the China Artists Association, which convenes every five years. The congress elects the Council, which in turn elects a Chairperson and several Vice-Chairpersons to form the Presidium. The Presidium appoints a Secretary-General and several Deputy Secretaries-General. Between congress sessions, the Council executes the resolutions of the National Congress, while the Presidium oversees the implementation of decisions made by the National Congress and the Council. The daily operations are managed by the resident Vice-Chairperson. The headquarters of the CAA is located in Beijing.
Golden Awards (7)
Title |
Author(s) |
Province/Others |
Sub-discipline |
In My 30s |
PENG Wei |
Chongqing |
Print |
Carved on Land of Great Northern Wilderness |
LIU Decai |
Heilongjiang |
Illustration |
People at Liangbao Festival |
XU Haigang |
Hubei |
Watercolor |
Scenery on the Bridge |
HE Hongzhou |
Zhejiang |
Oil Painting |
Family Reunion |
CHEN Zhi & WU Xin |
Tianjin |
Traditional Chinese Painting (TCP) |
Feelings in Knitting |
ZHANG Yuhui |
Fujian |
Lacquer Painting |
Joint Design of ‘Renovation of Western Farmers’ Cave Dwelling’ in Welfare |
Central Academy of Fine Arts, Xi’An Academy of Fine Arts, Taiyuan University of Technology & Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology |
Environmental Art Design (EAD) |
Silver Awards (18)
Title |
Author(s) |
Province/Others |
Sub-discipline |
Walking by—No. 36 of Existence |
DONG Xichun |
Liaoning |
Watercolor |
Trivial Life by Old Folks in Guangdong |
LI Zhihua |
Guangdong |
Oil Painting |
Long March—To North or Not |
HONG Tao |
Liaoning |
Sculpture |
The Coming Spring |
YANG Yang |
Beijing |
Comprehensive Material |
Tajik Man at River Opening Festival |
ZHAO Peizhi |
Beijing |
Oil Painting |
Beautiful Forest |
YANG Chun |
Jiangsu |
Animation |
Collective Mural Creation for the Line 6 of Beijing Metro |
CHEN Ruoju, ZHOU Lingzhao et al. |
Beijing |
Mural |
On Watch |
LI Huanmin |
Sichuan |
Print |
Greatest People at Founding Ceremony of New China |
LI Chengmin |
Zhejiang |
Oil Painting |
Profile of Time |
HUANG Hongtao |
Liaoning |
TCP |
Thousands of Years of Flower |
SHEN Kelong |
Fujian |
Lacquer Painting |
Dream Passage in Flow of Time |
YING Jinfei |
Zhejiang |
Watercolor |
On our Land |
ZHAO qi |
Beijing |
TCP |
One Day at LU Xun Art Academy |
WANG Shushan |
PLA |
Sculpture |
Poses of Youth |
LIANG Yejian |
Guangxi |
Print |
Design of a Portable Wind Power Generator |
LI Xuesong & JI Xuchao |
Liaoning |
Industrial Design |
Grand Eaglewood |
HUANG Ming |
Zhejiang |
Oil Painting |
Sharp Moon above Mountains |
ZHANG Ce |
Liaoning |
TCP |
Bronze Awards (49)
Title |
Author(s) |
Province/Others |
Sub-discipline |
Road of Circulation |
LI Yongqing & LU Mi |
Jiangsu |
Handicraft |
Ethnic Series—Lusheng Festival of Basha Tribe |
DENG Ke |
Beijing |
Sculpture |
Chart of Various Folk Vegetables |
CHEN Fubin |
Shanghai |
TCP |
Love |
YANG Xiangyu |
Sichuan |
Caricature |
In Search for Cadre JIAO Yulu |
DING Zhiwei |
Henan |
Comprehensive Material |
Black·White |
LIN Yihui |
Zhejiang |
Pottery |
Legend of Kungfu Rabbit |
SUN Lijun, FANG Cheng & ZOU Jingzhi |
Beijing |
Animation |
Ode to Joy |
WANG Qin |
Shanghai |
Handicraft |
Tibet in Auspice |
LU Bing |
Beijing |
Picture-book |
Nanjing |
ZHOU Zongkai & ZHOU Weizong |
Chongqing |
Picture-book |
Old Times |
LIN Zhixun & HUANG Jiankun |
Fujian |
Lacquer Painting |
Himalaya |
LI Shanyang & LI Hui |
Shandong |
Oil Painting |
Overall Design of China Pavilion at Milan Expo in Italy in 2015 |
SU Dan, ZHANG Yue, DU Yi, LU Yichen, WANG Jiansong, CUI Xiaosheng, LIANG Wen, ZHOU Yanyang, SHI Danqing, GU Xin & WANG Zhigang |
|
EAD |
Spring: My Gift Home |
ZENG Chunping |
Guangdong |
TCP |
Chasing Dream |
JIAO Xingtao |
Chongqing |
Sculpture |
City at Times of Waking of Insects |
LI Kang |
Guangdong |
Print |
Holy Land of Three Religions |
XU Gang |
Jiangsu |
TCP |
Chinese Expeditionary Force |
SHAN Feida |
Zhejiang |
Mural |
Filter Path—Road Segregation Facility Design for Environmental Protection |
XUE Wenkai, LI Fengze & SUN Jian |
Liaoning |
Industrial Design |
Women on Ferry Boat |
SONG Guangzhi |
Guangdong |
Print |
Legend of Insects |
XIAO Yong |
Guangdong |
Illustration |
Good Luck in Everything as Wish |
PAN Miao & GAO Liang |
Beijing |
Craft |
Legend of Stone Castle |
YOU Shan |
Xinjiang |
Picture-book |
People at Grassland |
XIONG Libin |
Fujian |
Oil Painting |
Back Mountain Painting |
WANG Tiande |
Shanghai |
Comprehensive Material |
Civilizations of China·Prime Ming Dynasty |
WANG Lei |
Henan |
Comprehensive Material |
Visual Image and Sign System Design for Rural Cultural Auditorium in Zhejiang Province |
HAN Xu, YU Jiadi, QU Zhenchao, LIN Yanzhao, YI Liuru & YUAN Jingyi |
Zhejiang |
Graphic Design |
The Call from Great Northern Wilderness in Northeast China |
HOU Guoliang |
Heilongjiang |
Picture-book |
Homage from all over the World |
WANG Yingsheng, DONG Zhuo, LI Jing, YUE Yang, WU Dawei |
Beijing |
Mural |
Encounter |
SUN Jinggang |
Zhejiang |
Graphic Design |
Simplicity |
ZHANG Qifeng |
Beijing |
Costume |
Harvest Gathering |
LIU Qing |
Beijing |
Sculpture |
Rotation of an Autumn Cicada |
YAN Rui |
Beijing |
Craft |
“Harmony” Package of Qingyuan Pu’er Tea Ointment as Cultural Gift |
LUAN Qingtao |
Shandong |
Graphic Design |
Festive Langmu Temple |
XU Zhan |
Tianjin |
TCP |
Fragments |
YUAN Wei |
Anhui |
Comprehensive Material |
Mutualism Campus—Huxi Section of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute |
LUO Zhongli, HAO Dapeng, PAN Zhaonan & SUN Jiren |
Chongqing |
EAD |
Journey to the West |
WANG Chao |
Jiangsu |
Sculpture |
Splendid Attires |
BI Lu |
Heilongjiang |
Mural |
Rings of Time |
ZHOU Shaohua, WANG Lei & WU Jing |
Hubei |
Costume |
Cast Fashion of Bamboo |
FENG Chongli |
Beijing |
Sculpture |
Invariable Arrays of Stars |
JIANG Yan |
Hebei |
Graphic Design |
Mountain Linked in Green Verses |
WANG Gang & XIAO Le |
Zhejiang |
Pottery |
Boldness to Reach the Moon |
ZHENG Feng |
Guangdong |
Print |
Spring Breeze into Rain |
LIU Jinting & YANG Wan |
Liaoning |
Sculpture |
Role Models |
YANG Ji |
Shanxi |
TCP |
Portraits in Sorrowful Passage—Those “Comfort Women Victim” from China |
JIANG Yong’an |
Jiangsu |
TCP |
Rising Up |
REN Shimin & LI Xiang |
Beijing |
Mural |
Full Day’s Work in the Sun |
SU Junquan |
Guangdong |
Watercolor |
Golden Awards (18)
Title |
Author(s) |
Province /Others |
Sub-discipline |
Letter in Response |
SUN Zhensheng |
Hebei |
Traditional Chinese Painting (TCP) |
Snow Wolf Shock Brigade |
MIAO Zaixin |
PLA |
TCP |
Blessing from Plateau—National Memory on May 19th |
ZHAO Peizhi |
Xinjiang |
Oil Painting |
The Little Couple |
LI Jieping |
Guangdong |
Oil Painting |
A.D. 1949 |
BAI Zhanwang |
PLA |
Oil Painting |
Brotherhood |
LU Qinglong |
Jiangsu |
Gouache |
The Person Who Brings Light Up |
LI Xiaolin |
Beijing |
Gouache |
Huai-Hai Campaign |
LI Fulai, YAN Yang, LI Wu, CAO Qingtang, ZHOU Fuxian, WEI Ershen, FU Weiwei, LI Xianwu, SUN Bing, LIU Xizhuo |
Liaoning |
Mural |
Proud Generation of Heaven |
Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) as Group |
Beijing |
Mural |
Ghost Combat by Door-god |
SHAO Qi |
Jiangsu |
Animation |
The Long March of a Little Soldier |
LIN Chao & SU Xia |
Zhejiang |
Animation |
Illustration for Poetry |
LI Xiaoguang |
Beijing |
Illustration |
Everlasting Memory |
LI Yongqing |
Jiangsu |
Lacquer Painting |
Speed in Life and Death |
MENG Fuwei |
Jiangxi |
Pottery |
I have a Dream on May 12th |
YANG Yihong |
Zhejiang |
Geographic Design |
A Mid-summer Night’s Dream |
ZHANG Lichuan |
Guandong |
Costume and Accessory Design (CAD) |
Internal Design for Stations along Olympic Line of Beijing Metro |
Olympic Metro Design Group of CAFA |
Beijing |
Environmental Art Design (EAD) |
All-terrain Shock Ambulance Vehicle |
DUAN Shengfeng, SUN Yuanming & XU Chong |
Chongqing |
Industrial Art Design (IAD) |
Silver Awards (45)
Title |
Author(s) |
Province /Others |
Sub-discipline |
Angel of Tibet—General LI Suzhi of Menba Ethnic Group at Pastureland |
LU Bing, ZHAO Jinwu & CHEN Fanggui |
PLA |
TCP |
Zero o’clock |
CHEN Zhi & WU Xin |
Tianjin |
TCP |
Construction Shed |
LI Chuanzhen |
Hubei |
TCP |
Remains of Westernization Movement—Century-long Shanghai Water Works |
HONG Jian |
Shanghai |
TCP |
Strange Feelings |
HE Xi |
Shanghai |
TCP |
Homeland in Harmony |
SHI Jun |
Hunan |
TCP |
Painting of Mountain, Forest, Cloud and Stream Series—Green Life in Rays of Sunshine in Reflection |
CHEN Junde |
Shanghai |
Oil Painting |
Sunny Snow |
LUO Tianxi |
PLA |
Oil Painting |
Ceremony of Entering a City |
CHEN Shudong |
PLA |
Oil Painting |
Winter Solstice |
CUI Xiaodong |
Zhejiang |
Oil Painting |
Remains of History—No.3 of 6 Martyrs in 1897 Incident |
YANG Canjun |
Zhejiang |
Oil Painting |
Rural Village (part) |
LIN Sen |
Beijing |
Oil Painting |
Small Lanes of Various Stories |
LIAO Yang |
Shanghai |
Print |
Recovering Memory·Red Cloud |
CHEN Jiuru |
Tianjin |
Print |
The Autumn Sound |
CAO Mingfeng |
Jiangsu |
Print |
Frost Descent on Humid Land |
WAN Ziliang |
Jiangsu |
Print |
Sunrise in the East |
PEI Tianlin |
Chongqing |
Print |
Sharing Sweet Spring after a Painstaking Journey |
LI Xianhai |
Sichuan |
Sculpture |
Returning to East—Epic of Turgut |
JING Yumin |
Tianjin |
Sculpture |
Drifting City |
BAO Haining |
Liaoning |
Sculpture |
Cruise Voyage |
CHEN Yongjin |
Hubei |
Watercolor |
Outing Journey |
CHEN Zhaosheng |
Guangdong |
Watercolor |
Heroic Fight Against Earquake |
Higher Research Class Jointly by CAFA and Chinese Mural Society |
Beijing |
Mural |
Battle at Zhulu |
WANG Changxinghai |
Beijing |
Mural |
Check-in at Unlicensed Inn of Crossing Roads |
LU Jiangyun & HONG Wanli |
Zhejiang |
Animation |
Snow Baby |
CAO Liang |
Heilongjiang |
Animation |
Romance of the Three Kingdoms |
CHEN Weidong, LIANG Xiaolong & LI Xiaonan |
Tianjin |
Caricature |
Passage in a Flow of Time |
CHEN Hongwei & LI Kang |
Guizhou |
Illustration |
The Story of Perseverant Ms. ZHANG Haidi |
HU Bozong |
Jiangsu |
Picture-book |
The Plan of Reform |
XU Li |
Hebei |
Caricature |
Nine Square Inches of Soil |
SONG Xuezhi |
Jilin |
Comprehensive Material |
The Glory of Labor |
CUI Wei |
Liaoning |
Comprehensive Material |
Unceasing Flow of Life |
SUN Ningjian, WU Zhenlong, LI Limei & ZHONG Yinling |
Fujian |
Lacquer Painting |
From Ancient Times till Eternity |
YANG Linjiang |
Shanxi |
Lacquer Painting |
Sudden Disappearance |
RAO Bifeng |
Fujian |
Lacquer Painting |
Yesterday |
CHAO Ziyi & CHAO Ziwei |
Beijing |
Pottery |
Soul in Word Narration |
SHI Gang |
Shaanxi |
Geographic Design |
Posters in Honor of Nanjing Massacre |
WANG Zhijun |
Shanxi |
Geographic Design |
Earthquake and Life |
XU Xianhong |
Guangdong |
Geographic Design |
Mascot of the 26th World Universiade Hosted by Shenzhen |
WANG Yuefei, XING Yishun, GUO Dong, WANG Guanqun, LI Xinyi and Executive Committee of the 26th World Universiade at Shenzhen |
Guangdong |
Geographic Design |
Package Structure Design of Energy-saving Bulb |
SHI Mo |
Beijing |
Geographic Design |
The 6th Shenzhen International Ink and Wash Biennale Series Works |
IMAGRAM Design in Shenzhen |
Guangdong |
Geographic Design |
Obscure Desire |
XU Rui |
Beijing |
CAD |
No. 9 of Northern Lake |
LIANG Jianguo, CAI Wenqi, GUANG Tianqi, WU Yiqun, HOU Libin, SONG Junye & LUO Zhenhua |
Beijing |
EAD |
Cluster Clip for Electric Wire |
MA Sai |
Beijing |
IAD |
Bronze Awards (49)
Title |
Author(s) |
Province /Others |
Sub-discipline |
Array of Stars |
SHI Xiaojie |
Shanghai |
TCP |
Public Priority of Food in Living |
WANG Yexiang & WU Zenghong |
Jiangsu |
TCP |
Interrupted Dream |
ZHENG Li |
Zhejiang |
TCP |
Rubber Tree |
HUANG Jun & LIN Lifeng |
Zhejiang |
TCP |
Scenery at Writer LU Xun’s Hometown |
SUN Yong |
Zhejiang |
TCP |
Prompt Arrival of Spring Breeze |
CHENG Jian |
Liaoning |
TCP |
Out of Bath |
XING Shijing |
Liaoning |
TCP |
Old Town in Serenity |
WANG Xiaobao |
Hubei |
Oil Painting |
Rural Election |
ZHANG Yanzhao & MU Zengli |
PLA |
Oil Painting |
Westward Observation of Lijia Mountain |
WANG Keju |
Beijing |
Oil Painting |
Auspices in Mongolia—Mongolian Wrestling |
LI Xuefeng |
Inner Mongolia |
Oil Painting |
The Painter SHI Lu in Sickness |
GUO Beiping |
Shaanxi |
Oil Painting |
Time-honored Forest at Changbai Mountain |
ZHAO Kaikun |
Jilin |
Oil Painting |
Herdsmen |
JIN Chuan |
Chongqing |
Print |
Stray Groove after Snow |
JI Shicheng |
Jilin |
Print |
Daily Record in Mountain Rural Area |
ZHANG Fang |
Jiangsu |
Print |
Festival • Red Sun |
BI Haiqiang |
Yunnan |
Print |
No.2 of Training Day Series |
LI Chuankang & YU Yanlong |
PLA |
Print |
1949—Young Pioneers of New China |
CHEN Yanyin |
Shanghai |
Sculpture |
Mirage—World Trade Tower |
LIU Dashun |
Liaoning |
Sculpture |
Doctor |
LIU Bingnan |
Guangdong |
Sculpture |
Hey, Brinjaul |
LIU Qing |
Beijing |
Sculpture |
Busy Fishing Harbor |
XU Yanping |
Liaoning |
Watercolor |
No.2 of Sundries in Study Series |
LU Haoran |
Jilin |
Watercolor |
2009 • Records of Miners |
LIU Yongjian |
Hunan |
Watercolor |
Secret Whispers |
LI Xiaozhi |
Guangxi |
Watercolor |
October |
WANG Chi |
Anhui |
Watercolor |
The Blue Summer |
WEI Ben |
Zhejiang |
Watercolor Gouache |
Chinese Spirit • Murals of the ‘Classic of Mountains and Rivers’ |
LI Jingpu & LIU Qiulin |
Shandong |
Mural |
Mural Collection for Line 1 of Nanjing Metro: -Overview of Tourist Attraction in Nanjing, -Stream and Moon at Xuanwu Lake, -Ancient Capital for Six Dynasties -Narratives of the Republic of China -Lantern Art Complex, -Time-honored Aesthetics of Ming Remains, -Landscape against Colorful Cloud -Brilliant New Cities, -Journey of Thousands of Miles -Light of the 10th National Sports Meet of China |
FENG Jianqin (Art Supervisor), WANG Hu, WANG Mian, WANG Feng, FENG Jianqin, ZHU Fei, SUN Jing, ZHANG Chengzhi, ZHANG Jing, SHEN Bin, ZHENG Jing, SU Taixi, HUANG Chun, KUAI Lianhui & SHENG Jin |
Jiangsu |
Mural |
300 Seconds at Wenchuan |
Animation Class at 2006 Grade of Animation School of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute |
Chongqing |
Animation |
Nancy’s Morning |
LU Junzhi, ZHANG Xiaoxi, HU Yifan, YANG Qian, ZHAO Zhixian, CHEN Chen & HUANG Shanchuan |
Beijing |
Animation |
Human Desire |
WANG Rui |
Beijing |
Caricature |
Fight for Dream |
SHAO Xue |
Guangdong |
Picture-book |
Gathering |
CHEN Xi |
Beijing |
Illustration |
Letter to my Son—Martyr ZHAO Yiman’s Message to her son before her Sacrifice |
HOU Guoliang |
Heilongjiang |
Picture-book |
Chinese Ruyi Pattern |
MO Xiong |
Jiangsu |
Lacquer Painting |
Cloudy Dream in Mountain Stream |
PU Jiang |
Guangxi |
Lacquer Painting |
Violet Golde—Vase |
ZHOU Wu |
Zhejiang |
Pottery |
Wedded Lion Series |
WU Min |
Zhejiang |
Pottery |
No.1-4 of ‘Loneliness’ Series |
ZHANG Jingjing |
Jiangxi |
Pottery |
Visual and Image System Design for the 11th National Sports Meet of China |
SUN Dagang, WANG Xiaofeng, TANG Guojun, ZHANG Peiyuan, LIU Zeyan, SUN Ao & LIU Fu |
Shandong |
Geographic Design |
Wake of Insects |
CHEN Xu & SHEN Zhoufeng |
Zhejiang |
CAD |
Seat |
JIAO Hairuo |
Beijing |
Geographic Design |
Folklore Museum |
HUANG Yongjie |
Guangdong |
EAD |
‘Earth Culture’—Earth Building Scenery Plan at Mazha Village, Shanshan County of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region |
LI Qun, LI Wenhao, YAN Fei, YI Xiao, WANG Lei & JIA Yan |
Xinjiang |
EAD |
Scenery Design of Qianmen Gate Avenue |
SU Dan, YU Lizhan, WEI Xiaodong & TAN Ying |
Beijing |
EAD |
‘Cloud Trail’—Electrical Elevated Vehicle Design |
HU Haiquan & DU Haibin |
Liaoning |
IAD |
Conceptual Design of High-speed Train |
SU Jun |
Beijing |
IAD |