The opening ceremony will take place at the Shuvalov Palace. "Children Depict China" and "China Today" are the exposition of children's drawings and the photo exhibit respectively that will take place today.
A business conference, Russian-Chinese Relations, will open at the Shuvalov Palace on October 4. This is an annual event that will take place as part of the festival and will be attended by businessmen, city administration officials, Chinese consular department officials and those from the Chinese Centre in Petersburg.
A tea ceremony will take place at the palace tonight. This will be a kind of master class for the aficionados of Chinese traditions. The best cooks from Petersburg's Chinese restaurants will take part in a Chinese food and food design contest.
"The World of One Subject" is yet another central event on the festival programme. It will open at the Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography on October 9. Visitors will be able to see a Chinese compass, one of the first exhibits of the museum.
