" This compettion has involved more than 50 best arts schools in 25 Asian and European countries. Hundreds of young artists actively participated in national pre-selections and the Asia-Europe painting competition. The finalists' works will then be toured in Asia and Europe.

  I am deeply convinced that such an arts competition can provide Asian and European young artists with a good opportunity to find mutual inspiration in each other and to show their talent and express their feelings on the promising but unknwon new millenium [...]"