Zhengzhou, China News Agency, November 1st (Wang Yu) - On the 1st, it was learned from a press conference held by the Henan Provincial Government Information Office that the 19th World Comics Conference will be held from November 4th to 8th in Anyang, Henan. 2931 comic works from 29 countries and regions will participate in the exhibition. The picture shows the scene of the press conference. On the day of Wang Yu's photo, Wang Hongbing, Vice Mayor of Anyang City Government, introduced at the press conference that more than 600 cartoonists and anime workers from 12 countries and regions including China, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Belgium, Spain, etc. will attend the conference. A total of 2931 comic works from 29 countries and regions will participate in the exhibition, and nearly 100 domestic and foreign animation and creative enterprises will participate in the exhibition. This conference will hold eight key exhibitions, including the International Comics Original Exhibition, China New Comics 30 Year Special Exhibition, Japan Anime Painting Collection Exhibition, Belgium Contemporary Comics Exhibition, the First "Little Tadpole" Anime Achievement Collection Activity Award Winning Works Exhibition, the International Mascot Competition Award Winning Works Exhibition, the National Integrity and Cultural Heritage Comics Exhibition, and the "Red Flag Canal" Cup Children's Painting Competition Award Winning Works Exhibition. Zhang Guoxiao, Secretary General of the Executive Committee of the 19th World Comics Congress, stated in an interview with reporters from China News Agency that the conference invited leading figures from industry organizations such as the China Animation Society, the Japan Cartoonist Association, the Japan Animation Association, the Korea Cartoonist Association, the Korea Cartoon Image Revitalization Institute, the Singapore Comics Association, and the Hong Kong Cartoon and Animation Federation to attend. At the same time, nearly a hundred institutions, including CCTV Animation Group, Wuzhou Communication Center, Walloon Brussels International Relations Agency in Belgium, and Kitakyushu Comic Museum in Japan, will participate in the exhibition. Among them, the Japanese anime art collection exhibition will showcase over 100 original manga works, animated films, and signed versions by famous manga artists such as Hayao Miyazaki and Haruki Woo, covering various classic anime works such as "Sky City", "Volleyball Boy", "Astro Boy with Iron Arm", and "Alarai". In addition, the Belgian Agency for International Relations in Walloon Brussels will hold the Belgian Contemporary Comics Exhibition in Anyang. Belgium is known as the "Kingdom of Comics" and once gave birth to world-renowned comic characters such as Tintin and Smurfs. Its capital, Brussels, is a city that lives in comics and is known as the "Capital of European Comics". Comic characters can be seen everywhere on the streets of Brussels. The Belgian Contemporary Comics Exhibition aims to jointly promote cultural exchange and mutual learning, and promote the leapfrog development of the comic industry and animation industry in Anyang and even Henan province from an international perspective, "said Zhang Guoxiao. It is understood that the World Comics Congress is known as the "Olympic Games" in the global animation industry and has been successfully held twice in Beijing. (New News Agency)