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 [gxvxrxmxnx] 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.