On Jan 5, a big birthday cake was presented to the eminent artists Jin Shangyi and Shao Dazhen at the China National Academy of Painting. The cake was to celebrate their upcoming 90th birthday in the year. The special arrangement also unveiled an exhibition held there to celebrate the prolific careers of them as well as another two artists who also in their 90s, Quan Shanshi and Zhou Shaohua.

The works of the four are on show at Mutual Exchange and Fusion, which pays tribute to their contributions to the development of art creation over the past seven decades.