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Zhao Jiping, a renowned composer, has been designated as an Expert with Outstanding Contributions by China's State Council.
He is currently the most awarded and highest-rated musician in China's film and music circles.
Besides composing for movies and TV series, his symphony, Ode to Peace, in memory of the 60th anniversary of the victories in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and World War II, the pioneered the blending of traditional Chinese music and Western symphonic music and was likened to Beethoven's Ode to Joy.
