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China Wuqiao International Acrobatics Festival is named after the famous birthplace of acrobatics-----Wuqiao, Hebei province. It is a magnificent and comprehensive international meeting of acrobatics. CWIAF was held only in odd years once every two years, generally in the last week of Oct. or the first week of Nov. The place is in Shijiazhuang, the capital city of Hebei province.

CWIAF has the longest history and the largest scale. With the help of the Ministry of Culture, the Chinese Acrobatics Artists Association, and CCTV, after ten years' of efforts, CWIAF has become a splendid racing place of acrobatics famous both in China and abroad. Every country that is good at acrobatics has sent acrobatics groups to participate the festival. The scale, the quality and the organizing methods of CWIAF all reached an international standard. It promoted the exchange of acrobatics arts between China and the rest of the world. It has great influence in the world and has been honored as “the Eastern Acrobatics Racing Place of the World”.

Since 1987 , China has arranged Wuqiao International Acrobatics Festival successfully for six times and the international feedback was favorable. CWIAF has gained warm support and approval from the acrobatics field of the world. “China Wuqiao” has become the abbreviated name of CWIAF. CWIAF has gained responses and support from the acrobatics field all around the world. The past six CWIAF involved nearly 30 countries and regions with more than 160 programs . All those countries famous for acrobatics have participated several times. Those principals of some world famous racing place and the big names in the field of acrobatics have been the referees in CWIAF. After the former six CWIAF, its scale and international fame has been established. For example, in the 4th CWIAF held in 1993, 18 countries and regions participated, while in the 18th “Tomorrow and Future” International Acrobatics Festival held in the same year, 15 countries presented and in the 18th Monte Carlo International Circus Festival, only 11 countries participated. On the other hand, both the programs and the referees of CWIAF are of international level. CWIAF has become a kind of standard familiar to the acrobatics field of the world. It has the fixed time and place. It has the racing regulations and prizing methods approved internationally.

During the period of CWIAF, there are also Economic & Trade Meetings, with scale and international influence gradually increasing as CWIAF does and having achieved comprehensive effects in the construction of both spiritual civilization and material civilization. Permitted by the State Council, from the seventh CWIAF on, it will be held by the Ministry of Culture together with the People's Government of Hebei province.