The Marseilles City Government has already proclaimed 2003 "Gao Xingjian Year," in support of which they've made a substantial budgetary commitment. Besides performances of Snow in August in Marseilles in November of next year, activities will also include painting exhibitions, films, scholarly symposia and the like.
法國馬賽市政府已將二○○三年訂為「高行健年」，他們也投入不少預算，除了《八月雪》明年十一月在當地演出，還包括畫展、影片、學術討論等。