Found in 1993, CFPA is the formal partner of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Shen Che, president of CFPA is the Ambassador for the UNESCO＇s ＂Mondialogo＂. CFPA adopts, in accordance with the international convention, member enrollment as its principle. All professional photographers and amateurs loving folk cultural photography are welcome to be members of CFPA, if they acknowledge the principles of CFPA. Every member has the opportunity to promote to Licentiate Member, Associate Fellow Member and Fellow Member and become profound folklore photographer in photography techniques and academic research.

CFPA is the leader of Enrollment Declaration among all NGOs in China. All members of CFPA take the responsibility of national stability and peace, as well as passing on the Chinese excellent heritage, aiming at enhancing the communication and understanding of humanity to promote the peaceful development of the whole world. They are to become the successors of Chinese spirit and recorder of the heritage under the flag of recording, spreading and sharing cultural diversity.

In the past 16 years, CFPA has gathered almost 40,000 members willing to develop, save and research on the cultural heritage who have become important power of Chinese cultural protecting program. All members of CFPA, with self motive of responsibility, take photography as their way to do the job of recording and spreading Chinese traditional culture, in hope of promoting the confidence and pride of Chinese people on their own folk culture. It does much on leading China into the tide of various cultural communication of the whole world.