The grand opening ceremony of the New Year Forum of International Cultural Industries China 2008 was held in Peking University on the morning of January 5, 2008. Honorable guests included: Luo Haocai(Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the CPPCC), Liu Zhongde (Standing Committee of the National Committee of the CPPCC), Gao Zhanxiang (Chairman of Chinese Culture Promotion Society), Meng Xiaosi(Vice Minister of the Ministry of Culture), Lian Ji(Vice Chairman of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regional People's Government), Zhang Guomin(Deputy Director of People's Congress of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region), Zhang Xiaohu (Director of Cultural System Reform Office of the Propaganda Department of CCCPC), Rasmus Wiinstedt Tscherning (Official Spokesman of European Union, General Secretary in Charge of Education and Culture), Zhang Guoyou(Vice president of Peking University), Ye Lang (Standing Committee of the National Committee of the CPPCC, Dean of Institute for Cultural Industries, PKU), Zhu Entao (Member of CPPCC National Committee), Yang Chunchang (Major General, Professor of Academy of Military Sciences), Chen Jianguo(Board Chairman of Who's Who Cultural Industries Group), Liu Jianjun (Deputy General Manager of Beijing Branch of Bank of Communications), Charles Landry (President of British COMEDIA), etc. These honorable guests attended the forum with their congratulations and also delivered valuable speeches in the forum. Furthermore, nearly one thousand honorable guests from mainland China, United States, United Kingdom, Denmark, South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, etc. exchanged opinions on the theme of "Culture Innovation and Soft Power Construction of the Creative Era".