As the first state-level public art project after the new China was founded, the Monument to the People's Heroes have gathered a

large amount of China's finest literary history specialists, constructors and artists such as Zheng Zhenduo, Wu Zuoren, Liang Sicheng and Liu Kaiqu etc. It has became the spiritual symbol of Chinese nation's strive unceasingly attitude and its pursue to national liberation and independence for the past fifty years. Through its creation, it has inherits Chinese traditional art and absorbs best Western artistic features. The Monument has created unprecedented artistic achievement; made significant impact to the new China's art development and opened the new chapter for the new China's art history.

Therefore, by the time of the 50th Anniversary of the Monument's completion, this exhibition operated by Beijing Fine Art

Academy will mainly present construction process and artistic accomplishment of the Monument, in order to illuminate its profound cultural connotations and unearth its artistic achievement's current value.

The Department of Arts under Ministry of Culture has involved Beijing Fine Art Academy's exhibitions, including this exhibition, in the category of "Ministry of Culture's Key Cultural Activity for 2008 Olympic Games".