ALL-CHINA FEDERATION OF LITERARY AND ART CIRCLES JOINS SINO-SOVIET FRIENDSHIP ASSOCIATION

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 1, 2011
• Sequence Number: 236
• Publication Date: April 7, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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ALL-CHINA FIDERATION OF LITERARY AND ART CIRCLES
SOINS SINO-SOVL:T FRIENDSNIP ASSOCIATION
Jen-min Jih- ao
Peiping, Oct 1953
The All-China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and all its subsi-
diary organizations ,Joined the SSFA (Sino-Soviet Friendship Association) as
member organizations on 6 October 1953 during the closing session of the second
All-China Conference of writers and Artists.
The conference unanimously approved a resolution calling on the federation
and its subsidiary grganizations to ,Join the SSFA, rally all writers and art-
ists to study the advanced experiences of Soviet art and literature, strengthen
the exchange of literature and art between the two countries, and consolidate
and develop the common interest and sacred friendship of the peoples of China
and the Soviet Union in the preservation of world peace.
Before the votic:g ou this resolution, L1 Chan-wu, deputy secretary-general
of the SSFA addressed the meeting.
Earlier iu the session the conference revised and approved the bylaws of
the All-China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and elected the second
national committee of the federation.
Outstanding writers, dramatists, musicians, and artiste including Lao She,
Mei I.an-feng, and Ting Ling asked the writers and artists to show greater cre-
ativity and originality in their work and emphasized the need of using litera-
ture and art as a means of realizing socialism and the industrialization of
China.
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