On April 21, a picture exhibition opened in the National Library of the Kingdom of Morocco in the capital city of Rabat to showcase cultures of China and Morocco.

Liu Qibao and André Azoulay unveil the picture exhibition. [DuanWei / Chinese Pictorial]

Liu Qibao, head of the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee ，André Azoulay ，a senior adviser to King Mohammed VI of Morocco and others had attend the opening ceremony. Zhang Fuhai，the director of China International Publishing Group（CIPG）gave a speech at the opening ceremony.

Zhang said that this exhibition was based on the background of the "Belt and Road" initiative, adding that this exhibition showed the Sino-Morocco cultural exchanges along the Silk Road.

The guests visit the exhibition. [Duan Wei / Chinese Pictorial]

Themed "Beautiful China, Beautiful Morocco," the exhibition has drawn those who are interested in various facets of the beauty of the two countries through hundreds of pictures depicting nature, monuments, people and traditions.

At the opening ceremony, CIPG presented more than 100 Arabic and French books to the National Library of the Kingdom of Morocco.