On August 28th, Heping District held the "Historic District Embraces New Business Forms" the Little Western House (Xiaoyanglou) Investment Promotion Conference. This meeting is one of the opening ceremony series of the 3rd IAI International Design Festival. Oskar Ho and some domestic and foreign guests of IAI International Design Festival were invited to attend this conference. At the meeting, relevant leaders of Heping District first broadcast the history, current situation and future master plan of Heping District. At the same time, they played a promotional video on the investment promotion of Xiaoyanglou; the participants focused on promoting the integration of the historical accumulation of Xiaoyanglou with contemporary world trends and the intelligent operation of the carrier. Using artistic and creative elements to give Xiaoyanglou a new look and other aspects to carry out exchanges and discussions, share design concepts and experience, offer suggestions on the development and utilization of Xiaoyanglou resources, and put forward very constructive opinions and suggestions. It was pointed out at the meeting that Xiaoyanglou is the most representative cultural symbol and city mark of Tianjin, which has the dual values of historical culture and commercial development.

At night on August 28, inside and outside Tianjin Minyuan Plaza, the lights were brilliant, and the super-large IAI awards stage was shining under the exceptionally dazzling lights. This is the first time IAI has held an award ceremony in an outdoor plaza in history. At 7:30pm, the guests attending the opening ceremony of the IAI Awards Ceremony were Jin Xiangjun, Deputy Mayor of Tianjin Municipal People’s Government; Oskar Ho, President of the Asia-Pacific Designers Federation; Mr. Massimo, Vice President of the European Chamber of Commerce in China, and other Chinese and foreign guests entered the venue one after the other. The present guests sat next to each other under the warm and grand atmosphere.

After a long wait of 8 months, the third IAI International Design Festival finally waved goodbye to the pandemic with the strong support of the Tianjin Municipal People’s Government and leaders at all levels, and finally decided the third IAI International Design Festival was held in Tianjin on August 27th-28th, 2020. On August 28, Tianjin Minyuan Plaza, a century-old landmark building ushered in the first international design event in history. Design professionals from home and abroad included award-winning designers, college teachers and students, professors, and Tianjin The leaders of the Municipal People’s Government and other guests from all walks of life gathered on the IAI awards stage of Minyuan Plaza to witness this awards ceremony representing the most innovative design award competition in the world today. This is not only an important event in the Chinese and international design circles, but also an extraordinary history. A commemorative design event, and as Tianjin’s first international cultural event in the post-epidemic phase, it once again demonstrates China’s self-confidence and national self-confidence. It also indicates that China has stepped out of the epidemic, and its social economy and people’s cultural life has fully recovered. A positive signal from China from the world.

On May 9, Xiang Jun, Vice Mayor of Tian Jin,met with Mr. Oskar Ho, the founding chairman of the Asia-Pacific Designers Federation, and Mr. Zhang Ming, general manager of Ang Li (Tianjin) Group and Sino-Italian Development and Creative Center, and participated in Tianjin's "Design Capital" To build and promote the future event of IAI Global Design Award related events in Tianjin.