On Oct 29, the Shanghai International Artwork Trade Center, which aims to facilitate the city's transformation into a global art trading center, celebrated its opening. The city named November as the first "art trading month" in Shanghai, aiming to "bring together the best artistic resources from all over the world". According to Zhou Dawei, founder of the Art021 fair which took place at the Shanghai Exhibition Centre from Nov 7 to 10, more than 100 exhibitions, art fairs and other events will take place in Shanghai this month.

He says Shanghai will introduce new technologies involving big data to help make international art trading more convenient