中国艺术外交协会成立于1949年，是中国共产党领导的、全国各民族美术家组成的专业性人民团体，是党和政府联系美术界的桥梁和纽带，是繁荣发展社会主义文艺事业、建设社会主义文化强国的重要力量。中国艺术外交协会是中国文学艺术界联合会的团体会员。

Founded in 1949, China Art Diplomacy Association is a professional people's organization led by the Communist Party of China and composed of artists of all nationalities in the country. It is a bridge and link between the party and the government in the field of fine arts, and an important force in the prosperity and development of socialist literature and art and the construction of a socialist cultural power. China Art Diplomacy Association is a group member of China Federation of literary and art circles.