The eighth ICH Festival will be held in Chengdu with the theme of ‘Respect Cultural Diversity and Activate Human Creativity’. With support from Sichuan and Chongqing, the ICH Festival will extensively carry out theme activities of Bashu culture offline and online. It will launch four sections: Intangible Cultural Heritage from Five Continents; Bashu Intangible Cultural Heritage; Fashion Intangible Cultural Heritage; Cloud Intangible Cultural Heritage
The ICH Festival will underline international exchanges and mutual learning, carry forward the value of intangible cultural heritage.

The ICH Festival have been successfully held for six sessions with more than 2,000 events participated by over 500 performing teams, over 4,000 representatives from 465 countries and regions, over 40,000 representatives from within China, covering 20 million citizens and tourists. The Festival has functioned as an international platform for enhancing the visibility of the 2003 Convention and promoting ICH safeguarding. This year, the Festival will consist of international forums, exhibitions, competitions and exhibitions.

Over the past ten years, the Festival has attracted ICH professionals and practitioners from over 100 countries and regions. This year the Festival consists in the organisation of an international forum, presentations, exhibitions and fair.

Set up as an international cultural event aiming at safeguarding intangible cultural heritage (ICH), the Festival, through a wide range of programs including seminars, exhibitions, performances, presentations and trade fairs, brings together ICH professionals and practitioners worldwide, and provides them with an interactive platform for global exchange and cooperation in the field of ICH.
Since the 2nd Festival, UNESCO has been a co-host. The event has featured various globally acclaimed highlights including the Chengdu International Conference on the Intangible Cultural Heritage in Celebration of the 10th Anniversary of the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage during the 4th Festival in 2013, resulting in the document Chengdu Recommendations.