Yu Lina Violin Art Fund is the first art fund in China that is named after the artist.

　　Yu Lina,who was born in Shanghai,was the Director of Studies for Violin and Viola of Shanghai College of Music.In 1959,Yu Lina,at the age of 18,became famous overnight for her first concert on violin concerto of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai.In 1960,she bore the palm in Berlin's Second Schumann International String Quartet Competition for her primo violin performance,becoming the first Chinese national to receive such awards in international string music competition.For more than thirty years,Yu Lina has not only actively put up violin performance at home,but also performed abroad and often assumed the job of judge in domestic and international violin competitions.Her students also frequently win various awards in violin competitions at home and abroad.

　　Charter of Yu Lina Violin Art Fund

　　Chapter One General Principle

　　Article 1:Yu Lina Violin Art Fund (hereinafter referred to as the Fund)is a special fund authorized by and subjected to Shanghai Cultural Development Foundation.

　　Article 2:The mission of the Fund is to promote the development and the prosperity of violin art of our nation,to promote the creation of violin pieces through various channels,to foster talents of violin performance,to increase the public awareness of art and to boost the degree of social publicity;Meanwhile,it strengthens the communication and cooperation of violin art between organizations home and abroad,consequently making contributions to the nation's cultural undertakings.

　　Article 3:The Fund firmly abides by the nation's related law and regulation and the charter of Shanghai Cultural Development Foundation.

　　Chapter Two Mission

　　Article 4:The Fund shall,through various channels and measures,strive after imbursement and contributions from organizations and individuals who show great interests in the cause of violin art both at home and abroad.

　　Article 5:The Fund constructively promotes the development and the prosperity of violin art of our nation,sponsors and supports the creation of violin pieces,fosters talents of violin performance and boosts the communication with abroad.

　　Article 6:The Fund collects and preserves old violins as a way to support violin-related activities.

　　Chapter Three The Council

　　Article 7:The Council is an authoritative institution of the Fund,and it consists of violin artists,entrepreneurs and representatives from Shanghai Cultural Development Foundation.The Council convenes irregularly depending on the needs.

　　Article 8:The Council has one Honorary Chairman,one Chairman,several Vice Chairmen and several Trustees.The Chairman and Vice Chairmen are elected for a term of four years,and can be re-elected.

　　Article 9:The functions and powers of the Council are:

　　1.To constitute and amend the Charter of the Foundation;

　　2.To elect the Chairman and Vice Chairmen;

　　3.To examine and approve the project plans submitted for grant and the sums of grant;

　　4.To decide on financial assistance projects and examine the fulfillments of the project plans;

　　5.To decide on other major issues of the Foundation.

　　Article 10:The Fund's daily work is presided by the Chairman.

　　Chapter Four Trustees and Others

　　Article 11:Representatives of organizations and individuals at home and abroad can be approved to be members of the Fund as long as they accede to the Charter,show great enthusiasm in the cause of nation's violin art and take on some necessary assignments in the Fund.

　　Article 12:Trustees have the right to participate in and supervise all kinds of work and to join all kinds of activities in the Fund.Also,they have the obligation to abide by the Fund's Chapter,to execute resolutions made by the Council and actively accomplish the task assigned by the Fund.

　　Article 13:The work of Council's Secretary and the Fund's financial affairs is done by the Secretariat and Accounting Department of the Shanghai Cultural Development Foundation.

　　Chapter Five Funds

　　Article 14:The sources of the Fund are:funds for cultural activities given by the government,contributions from individuals or organizations at home and abroad as well as other legal incomes.

　　Article 15:The Fund is managed under the related requirement of Charter of Shanghai Cultural Development Foundation.

　　Article 16:The funds are utilized in violin-related items and activities.The Foundation's outlay should be signed both by the Chairman and authorized representatives from Shanghai Cultural Development Foundation.

　　Article 17:The maintenance and increment of funds are under the supervision and management of Shanghai Cultural Development Foundation.The funds can be deposited in the financial institutions to take in interest and can be used to purchase bonds,but it cannot be used as venture investment.The increment of the funds is in the possession of Shanghai Cultural Development Foundation.

　　Article 18:The funds abide by the related finance system,audit system and social supervision system of Shanghai Cultural Development Foundation.The Fund implements an independent system of accounting and account opening and reports to the Council about the annual Budget and Final Account.

　　Article 19:When the sum of the funds is less than RMB10,000Yuan,the funds should be brought forward for accounting purposes.After liquidation,the asset is still in the possession of Shanghai Cultural Development Foundation,and the funds shall be disbanded simultaneously.

　　Chapter Six Appendix

　　Article 20:The Council is entitled the sole right to the interpretation and amendment of the Charter.