Xingchen School of Art was founded in 1986 by Professors Gu Shijiang and Liu Yan. It is an official private educational institution in Shenyang, China. The school offers a preparatory class for those wishing to enter the Kharkiv State Academy of Fine Arts, Ukraine​. The training plan was developed by teachers Slava Shults and Vadym Lipskykh. It is based on the constructive development of form, training the eye to see in masses rather than details as a means of achieving expressiveness, along with the principles of composition and more.Thanks to this developed course, students are able to thoroughly prepare for entry into the academy and to continue their art education.