(250324) -- SHANGHAI, March 24, 2025 (Xinhua) -- The opening performance of the 40th Shanghai Spring International Music Festival is staged in Shanghai, east China, March 23, 2025. The opening performance "Maintaining Peace for the Future", a theme concert commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, was held at Shanghai Symphony Hall in Shanghai on Sunday. (Xinhua/Wang Xiang)