On April 13th, 2017, the awards ceremony of China Division of the 57th Annecy (France) International Animation Film Festival and the 3rd Sino-French Animation Forum was held at NIT. Fei Yingqin (Party Secretary of Ningbo Institute of Technology, Zhejiang University) and Jin Weili (Director of Ningbo Southern Business District) attended the ceremony and delivered speeches. Song Lei, Director of Chinese Animation Development Institute gave a lecture on the development of China’s animation industry.

Doctor Li Yi (The China Academy of Art), won the first prize for his excellent work “The Search for Bu Liesong”, thus, he will be funded by the Organizing Committee of Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2017 to communicate with the relevant experts in France.

The event was sponsored by Annecy International Animation Film Festival, CULTUREVE Sino-France Cultural Exchange Association, Ningbo Institute of Technology and etc. The event lasted three months and more than 100 teams participated in the competition.