Cairo, Oct. 16 -- - Artistic bands from 30 countries will participate in the fourth Afro-Chinese Arts and Folklore Festival which will be held in Upper Egypt's Aswan Province on Oct. 27-31, Suhair Abdel-Qader, head of the event said on Tuesday.

"The festival will be held in Aswan, the source of heritage and folklore, which was announced by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi as the African youth capital for 2019," Abdel-Qader told a press conference in Cairo.

The festival will be held under the auspices of several Egyptian ministries including that of culture, tourism, youth and sports and antiquities, with the goal of boosting Egyptian-Chinese-African ties at cultural and touristic levels.

Abdel-Qader noted that art brings together the peo...