The Chaoyang Theatre works mainly on the performance of acrobatics. Built up in 1984, the theatre covers an area of 3,000 sq. m, including a hall and three movie halls. In 1986 it was assigned by Beijing Municipality as the fixed place for tourism performance and was designated as the National Cultural Advanced Unit by Ministry of Culture of People’s Republic of China. In order to meet the need of tourism market, the theatre put forward a notion of “Acrobatics World” to enrich the contents. In the past 20 years or so, it has received more than three million foreign audiences and has been in charge of tens of safeguards of important people who visited there, such as the president of Czech and the officers from the International Olympic Committee (IOC). 

    The theatre lies in the CBD, connected with Jinguang Building of CCTV. Advantageous geographical position, together with easy access of traffics and individualized space, makes it an important performance place to fuel the business life in Beijing. Foreign presidents and the IOC officers spoke highly of its excellent acrobatics performance. Foreigners can learn about Beijing through it. It builds up a bridge between Chinese traditional culture and the world. It exhibits the profoundness of Chinese acrobatics to the world.