July 8, 2025

World Intellectual Property Organization Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland

At the themed exhibition “Protecting Innovation, Building the Future—Copyright in China,” Yao Zhuo, a young inheritor of Suzhou embroidery, presented the stitch-technique edition of Ladies Playing Cuju along with a selection of Yao Silk Suzhou embroidery works, accompanied by live demonstrations of Suzhou embroidery techniques. The original embroidered watch collection became a focal point of the exhibition. Featuring Swiss-made movements and curved sapphire crystal, the watches integrate the beauty of Suzhou embroidery into contemporary life and were praised by international visitors as “wearable works of art.”

The original Ladies Playing Cuju was created by Yao Jianping and was presented as a state gift to the International Olympic Committee in 2017; it is now housed at the Olympic Museum in Switzerland. The Yao Silk watch series has completed intellectual property registration, exemplifying the principle of “promoting cultural heritage through copyright protection.”

June 25 – July 9, 2025

Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Rome, Italy

At “Light and Shadow in Harmony, Shared Beauty”—a special art exhibition celebrating the 55th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and Italy—Yao Silk presented the works Flower Basket and Madonna and Child. Flower Basket, inspired by the traditional Chinese flower basket, employs multiple embroidery techniques to convey the vivid vitality of blossoms. Madonna and Child integrates Western religious subject matter with Suzhou embroidery, combining the dimensionality of oil painting with the gentle elegance of Suzhou needlework. Italian audiences exclaimed “So beautiful!” in Chinese and shared photos widely.

The exhibition was co-organized by China Media Group in collaboration with the Italian Ministry of Culture and other partners, with Professor Chang Shana of the Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University, serving as Honorary Chief Consultant.

June 25 – July 9, 2025

Mont des Arts and Grand Place, Brussels, Belgium

During the pre-launch pop-up events for “Encountering Civilizations: China Grand Canal Culture · Jiangsu Week,” Yao Yuehua, a young inheritor of Suzhou embroidery, presented live demonstrations of floral and bird motifs, drawing visitors from multiple countries to stop, watch, and inquire. During the main program, Yao Silk represented Grand Canal culture, expressing Eastern aesthetics through needle and thread. Spanish visitors shared their travel experiences in China and praised the strong reception of Chinese culture in Europe.

The year 2025 marks the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and the European Union. The main program featured thematic exhibitions such as “Millennia-Old Canal, Watery Jiangsu.”

March 22–23, 2025

Yangcheng Lake Peninsula Tourist Resort, Suzhou

As an intangible cultural heritage partner at the 2025 EDC Daisy Carnival, Yao Silk unveiled the themed Suzhou embroidery work EDC China 2025, blending the elegance of Suzhou embroidery with the energy of electronic music. The on-site activity “Tens of Thousands Embroider Together at EDC” invited music fans to stitch under the guidance of three professional embroiderers. International attendees marveled that “the highest level of clubbing is the harmony of movement and stillness.”

The festival brought together 76 artist acts (82% international), with an average of 12 hours of performances per day. Songs such as Do It To It sparked massive crowd sing-alongs.

January 16–20, 2025

Paris, France

As the only Chinese exhibitor in the CRAFT zone of the world's leading home décor and design fair, Yao Silk occupied a prime, red-carpet center position. The booth presented Suzhou embroidery works such as Jade Hall Egrets and Quiet Window, Faint Shadows, alongside innovative products spanning home décor, accessories, and watches. A leading London-based collecting institution described the exhibition as “the most rewarding,” while a top Swiss watch design house proactively initiated collaboration talks.

November 5–10, 2024

Shanghai (7th China International Import Expo)

The domestic debut of Suzhou embroidery haute jewelry pieces Wall of Love and The Dream of a Butterfly attracted significant interest, with a French auction house expressing intent to consign. Displayed concurrently was Kapok Welcoming Spring, a Suzhou embroidery work created by Yao Jianping’s team to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. Executed in double-sided three-dimensional embroidery, the work took 15 months and over 100 million stitches, integrating kapok blossoms with motifs such as the Red Boat and Tiananmen.

October 12, 2024

Shanghai Fashion Week

Yao Jianping served as the intangible cultural heritage Suzhou embroidery consultant for SHI CONG JIN’s SS25 collection Blooming with Ease. Inspired by Qiu Ying’s Ming-dynasty painting The Flower Deities, the collection integrated Suzhou embroidered florals into couture gowns. French lace formed the base of the skirts, while heritage velvet flowers cascaded from waist to hem, achieving a cross-cultural fusion of “Suzhou embroidery + velvet flowers + French lace.” The works were praised as “wearable works of art.”

With 40 years devoted to Suzhou embroidery, Yao Jianping pioneered the Fusion Embroidery Style. Her works have been collected twice by Buckingham Palace and have won China’s highest folk arts honor, the Mountain Flower Award, four times.

October 24–27, 2024

Carrousel du Louvre, Paris (World Cultural Heritage Expo)

In collaboration with French jewelry designer Mira Ming, Yao Silk unveiled Suzhou embroidery haute jewelry, including the China–France diplomatic relations 60th anniversary collector’s piece Wall of Love necklace and the Van Gogh–inspired Dancing Butterflies amid Floral Shadows brooch. French First Lady Brigitte Macron and Minister of Culture Rachida Dati attended, and the exhibition’s main visual identity prominently featured Yao Silk elements.

The Wall of Love necklace draws inspiration from Paris’s Love Wall, rendering ceramic tiles in iridescent blue Suzhou embroidery and concealing the initial “A” for “Amour” at its center. The Dancing Butterflies amid Floral Shadows brooch recreates Almond Blossom in Suzhou embroidery, crafted in titanium and accented with natural diamonds.

October 11, 2024

Montmartre, Paris, France

Invited to participate in the market events of the 3rd Suzhou Jinji Lake Sino–French Cultural and Arts Week (2024), Yao Silk presented Suzhou embroidery watches Butterfly Attire and Auspicious Moments, as well as embroidered jewelry pieces Full Moon and Blessings and Prosperity. Eric Lejoindre, Mayor of Paris’s 18th arrondissement, visited for exchanges and expressed interest in promoting collaboration between Paris’s 18th arrondissement and Suzhou Industrial Park in the field of intangible cultural heritage.

May 6–18, 2024

Les Invalides Exhibition Center, Paris, France

At the Chinese art exhibition “From Beijing to Paris—Chinese and French Artists on the Olympic Journey,” Yao Jianping’s Suzhou embroidery work Lotus Dew Whispers was presented. Co-created by Yao Jianping and painter Zhong Wengang, the piece employs the Fusion Embroidery Style to convey the spirit of pure lotus blossoms. Dewdrops are rendered through the interplay of stitches and light, achieving a crystalline texture and expressing the concept of cultural integration between East and West.