Recently, Zhao Jiping,DistinguishedProfessorandformer Director of the Music DepartmentatXSYU, former Chairman of the Chinese Musicians Association, Chairman of the Shaanxi Federation of Literary and Art Circles and renowned composer, attended the 22nd Jecheon International Music & Film Festival (JIMFF) in South Korea and was honored with the festival’s special honoraryaward, the Jecheon Film Music Honorary Award. Founded in 2005, the Jecheon International Music & Film Festival serves as a representative international platform for film music exchange in South Korea.

Mr. Zhao Jiping has immersed himself inChinese national music, organically integrating traditional opera and folk instrumental music with film and television art. He has composed a series of widely celebrated classic scores forRed Sorghum,The Grand Mansion Gate,Farewell My Concubine, and other works, establishing a Chinese film and television music aesthetic system with a unique Eastern charm.

Mr. Zhao Jiping is deeply committed to our university’s aesthetic education and the development of artistic disciplines, continuously supporting professional development, academic research, and talent cultivation. Relying on theplatforms of theZhao Jiping Music Art Museum and the Zhao Jiping Music Art Research Center, our university advances aesthetic education for talent development. This award affirms Mr. Zhao Jiping’s long-term artistic achievements and represents a significant outcome of our university’s high-quality development in arts education.It will further boost the quality and efficiency ofouruniversity’s aesthetic education programs while expanding platforms for international cultural exchange.