"The Art of the Party" series shows you the historic moments of the Party in the run-up to the 100th anniversary of the Party's founding.

This painting, "The Canton Fair," depicts the very first Canton Fair more than a half-century ago.

Chinese artists Fang Tu and Chen Chuan painted "The Canton Fair" in 2018.

Around 1,200 businesspeople from 19 countries and regions participated in the very first Canton Fair in 1957.

At the first fair, tea, silk, Chinaware and Chinese medicine were among the most popular items.

Zhou Enlai, the first Premier of the People's Republic of China, decided to hold the first Canton Fair.

These two ladies in the middle are excited about the new products they just found.

These gentlemen next to the milling machines are listening carefully to the descriptions of each product.

In the negotiation section: businessmen are finalizing contracts before signing them.

The artist used a skill called 'centripetal focus' perspective.

It resulted in an illusion that all products are streaming to the far center of the painting toward the international map. It also echoes the goal of China's opening-up policy-to go global.

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