April 20 marks the UN Chinese Language Day. A calligraphy and paintings exhibition titled In Pursuit of Peace --Exhibition of Jiangsu Women Calligraphers and Painters was held on April 18 at the UN headquarters in New York.

Among the exhibits were calligraphy and painting works by Sun Xiaoyun, vice-chairperson of the China Calligraphers Association, and six other Chinese calligraphers and painters. They include calligraphy works In Pursuit of Peace and Building a Community of a Shared Future for Mankind and painting works the Zijin Grass—the Flower of Peace, Nanjing Forever— the Sindberg Rose, plant paintings such as lotuses that symbolize "peace" and sketches of Minnie Vautrin and Bernhard Arp Sindberg.