"International Puppetry Arts Exchange Centre", subordinate to "Ming Ri Institute For Arts Education", has been developed from "The Scheme for Conservation and Development of Puppetry and Shadow Puppetry". Its aims and objectives are:

•Acting as a bridge between the Western puppetry field and the Eastern one;
•Acting as a window organization of the Chinese puppet troupes for the foreign exchange affairs;
•Assisting the foreigners to hold the activities in China such as holding seminars, exchange programmes, performances, co-operation project, visit, etc.

"The Scheme for Conservation and Development of Puppetry and Shadow Puppetry" has begun in 1997. After visiting, investigating and studying in the Mainland China and the foreign countries many times, as well as attending and taking part in the international activities, for instances, the conferences, the puppet festivals, the courses, etc., we have acquired the knowledge and the information of Chinese and Western puppetry including the puppetry history, the origination, the types, puppet art and the technique of expression. As a result, we have not only built ties of friendship and established the network of personal relationship, but also written many reports and articles. They are "The Report of the Trip in USA", "The Report of the Trip in Britain", "The Report of the Trip in Czech Republic", "The Report of the Puppet Festival held by Puppeteers of America and the course of children education & puppetry held by Emerson College in Britain", "The Establishment of 'Puppetry Delta' between China, Hong Kong and USA", "The Trip of Chinese puppetry in the new generation (The Report about Vice President of UNIMA International Mr. Vincent Anthony's visit in China)", "The Predestination of String, The Report of the Exchange Programme between China and Germany in 2001", "U.S. Non-tradition, an Overview of Puppetry in the U.S." and "The Brief History of Chinese Puppetry (The Lecture Notes of German Trip in 2001) ---- accompanying with us and passing through the days of happiness and entertainment for 2000 years".

The main tasks of International Puppetry Arts Exchange Centre in the present stage:

•Collecting and reorganizing the information of Chinese puppetry and shadow puppetry troupes, as well as the activities about international puppetry art. Setting up the information technology and the data base of puppetry.
•Setting up the web page so that the foreigners and the Chinese can acquire more knowledge and information about Chinese puppetry culture.
•Holding the puppetry exchange activities, for examples, seminars, exhibitions, etc.
•Focusing the introduction on different Chinese troupes in different stage.
•Assisting the Chinese and the foreign puppetry troupes to go aboard or come to China for the cultural exchange purpose at the request of them.

We deeply believe that International Puppetry Arts Exchange Centre can accelerate the cultural and art exchange between Chinese puppetry and the Western one. Through understanding and learning, the development of Chinese and the foreign puppetry art can be propelled forward. This can not only preserve the traditional puppetry art, but also further develop the puppetry art.