Applicants who intend to join CAA should meet at least one of the following conditions:
1. Having published no less than 50000 words of commentaries and/or articles on art, culture, and design in publicly distributed newspapers and magazines nationwide.
2. Having independently created and published no less than 1 book in the field of art, culture, and design with no less than 100000 words.
3. Having published no less than 3 scholarly papers and/or works in the “Art Frontier” magazine.
4. Having published commentaries and/or articles on art, culture, and design of no less than 100000 words on websites with internet publishing licenses and other CAA-sponsored new media platform.
5. Having published original art, culture, and design works online in the form of audio, video, multimedia, etc. that have reached no less than 100000 total views.
6. Having been a member in various well-recognized national and/or international art, culture, and design associations.
7. Having participated in at least 3 training programs in the field of art, culture and design sponsored by CAA and obtained certificates of completion.
8. Having reached outstanding achievements in the field of art, culture and design globally, proven by recommendation letters from industry and/or academic leaders in specific fields.
9. Having obtained recommendation letters from no less than 3 current CAA members.