UNIMA-CHINA (UNIMA stands for Union Internationale de la Marionnette), founded in 2002's, is an international non-government organization formed by the puppeteers. Later, UNIMA has affiliated to UNESCO and become the UNIMA today. Complying with UNESCO, UNIMA-CHINA, one of the national centres of UNIMA, is the member country of the United Nations and has set up the national centre in China with more than 10 Committee Members to deal with the job of UNIMA in China.

UNIMA----CHINA, situated in Guangzhou, has set up in 2001, in which there are 12 founding Board of Directors (see the diagram below). The General Secretary of UNIMA-CHINA is Mr. Li Yu Chao, Director of China Guangdong Puppet Troupe, while the President of UNIMA-CHINA is Mr. Xie Qi Guang, the General Manager of The Puppet Art Troupe of China. Now, there are about 600 members of UNIMA-CHINA. The Director of Ming Ri Institute For Arts Education Mr. Wong Tim Keung Simon is also one of the founding Board of Directors. The establishment of UNIMA-CHINA is to fulfill the purpose of cultural and art exchange, learning and progressing among the puppeteers. With the advantages of the perfect communication system and the accessible transportation network, International Puppetry Cultural Exchange Centre, subordinate to Ming Ri Institute For Arts Education, acts as a partner with UNIMA-CHINA to give impetus to the puppet arts exchange activities between China and the Western countries.