On October 29th, The Welcome Banquet and Opening Ceremony of the "Art Link 2.0" International Art Exhibition was successfully held at Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. Exhibition was hosted by Malaysian Maritime Silk Road Research Society and Association of Asian Artists. Organized by Sabah Institute of Arts Malaysia and co-organized by Ministry of Tourism Culture and Environment Sabah Malaysia, University College Sabah Foundation Malaysia, Asian Tourism International College, Malaysian Artists Society, Sabah Tourism Board and GCG Art Museum, Beijing, China. Academic Chair is Mathews Aziz, General Operations were done by Dato Seri Dr. Yeo Chung Yong, JP. Chief planners were Yang Zhongyong, Luo Zhangcai and Bharat Singh.

The 132 artists from Malaysia, China, India, Japan, Hong Kong, Macao, Russia, Canada, USA, France and Italy participated in the exhibition.