The 1st Beijing International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition for Young Pianists was inaugurated at the Central Conservatory of Music on the evening of 16th October 2016. The event, celebrating the long-standing friendship between China and Poland, took place almost 90 years after the International Chopin Piano Competition was initiated at the Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall, thanks to the efforts of some excellence-pursuing pianists led by Jerzy Żurawlew.