On the evening of November 22, a public activity in the name of “Art Salon into Villages Where Dreams Start” and an Exhibition of Paintings of Famous Chinese Painters opened jointly in Mixc in Nanning, co-sponsored by CR, People's Fine Arts Publishing House and Art Salon Magazine, with assistance from CR Cement Holdings (Guangxi) and CR Land (Nanning) Co., Ltd. President Wang Jiaming of China Fine Arts Publishing Group and President Su Weihong of Guangxi Painting and Calligraphy Academy attended the opening ceremony.

At the opening ceremony, representatives of the organizers and artists delivered speeches and participating artists expressed their hopes for the CR Hope Town in writing on the board featuring the activity. In the two following days, 55 paintings were exhibited in Nanning Mixc, arousing much enthusiastic response and drawing about 50,000 visitors.

Forty masterpieces of modern famous Chinese painters were collected for exhibition during the event and 12 painters, including Chen Shouxiang, Yue Qianshan and Ji Qingyuan, were invited to paint at CR (Baise) Hope Town. On November 19, the artists visited the General Service Center, new houses, the Culture Center, the Hope Primary School and the Hope Farms, which were reflected in their 15 paintings improvised the following day, all featuring charms of CR (Baise) Hope Town.

The event served as a high-end entertainment for Nanning, allowing more people to learn about CR and CR Hope Towns and witness the strength of CR.