The exhibition was held in June 2003; a few hundred visitors attended the event which lasted a whole month. Distinguished art lovers, art collectors and art critics were present at the opening vernissage: Mr Yang Huelun, Cultural Counsellor to the Canadian Embassy of the Popular Republic of China; Mr Gilles Vincent, Director of the Botanical Garden of Montreal, Ms and Mr Richard Dalcourt, Ms and Mr Andy Ip, Ms and Mr Louis Lu, to name but just a few.