On March 8, 2013, the “Combination” - Sino-European Art Exhibition, organized by the Sino-Europe Culture and Education Foundation, was grandly unveiled in Lier, Belgium. Director General of Peace Tour Mr. Xing Shengcai led a delegation including famous artist from Academy of Fine Art of Dunhuang Research Institute Ma Jun, Dean of Yangzhou Chinese Painting Academy Gu Yang, and Dean of Wuhu Painting Academy Wang Guang to attend the opening ceremony. Local artists, dignitaries, Counsellor of the Office for Culture of the Mission of China to the EU Li Jianmin, Cultural Counselor of the Chinese Embassy in Belgium Xiang Shihai, President of European Regional Bureau of Xinhua News Agency Liu Jiang, Mayor of Lier Bogart, Speaker of the Flemish Parliament of Belgium Dewinter as well as parliamentarians, artist representatives and media also attended the ceremony to celebrate the opening of the “Combination” - Sino-European Art Exhibition together. In recognition of the artists’ special contribution to the cultural exchange between China and Belgium, the Mayor of Lier conferred the “Peace Culture Ambassador - Honorary Member of Lier Art Academy”, jointly founded by the City Hall of Lier and the Music Academy of Lier, to Deputy Director General Xing and three painters. During the ceremony, the three artists donated a collaborative painting “Fan Xin Si Jin” (flowers blooming like a piece of brocade) to the City Government of Lier to thank them for supporting the event!

Chinese paintings and Belgian oil paintings were exhibited together at the Monastery in the ancient city of Lier, Belgium from the 9th to the 28th. This exhibition of Chinese and Belgian artists entitled “Combination” showed visitors with 40 works by 3 Chinese painters and 20 works by a late Belgian painter.

Chinese artists include Dean of Wuhu Painting Academy Wang Guang, who is good at tiger paintings, Honorary Dean of Yangzhou Chinese Painting Academy Gu Yang who is specialized in painting flowers and birds, and Ma Jun, who used to work at the Academy of Fine Art of Dunhuang Research Institute and is famous for combining Chinese and Western techniques to depict the scenery of Western China. The three Chinese artists are distinctive in characteristics. Lode de Maeyer, the representative of Belgium, is a late contemporary scenery and portrait painter, who led a simple and low-profile life.

At the opening ceremony of the exhibition, Paul Voblake, who has worked as a painting reviewer for more than 30 years at the Antwerp Museum in Belgium, gave a professional and objective evaluation on the works of Chinese painters. He thought that Chinese painters used unique techniques and were good at creating an atmosphere. Chinese traditional paintings have a tradition of everlasting time; while Belgian painters' works are more inclined to express their inner feelings to the outside world symbolically. The works of different painters reflected the complexity of human emotions, but at the same time also reproduce the essence of nature and society.

The three artists presented a collaborative painting “Fan Xin Si Jin” (flowers blooming like a piece of brocade) to the Lier Municipal Government