The 3rd Zhijiang International Youth Art Festival opens in Hangzhou city on June 1. The festival also marks the graduation season exhibition of the China Academy of Art.

The theme of this year's festival is "The History of Present", which invites people to think about the meaning of time from more dimensions, to pay attention to the untapped potentials in the present.

This year's city-sponsored festival features 10 venues as exhibition sites, including Zhejiang Art Museum, Zhejiang Exhibition Hall, Zhejiang West Lake Gallery, West Lake Museum, and displays more than 3,500 pieces of artwork.