国家大剧院的建设，从５０年代起，几经论证和策划，历时４０年。１９９７年中央下定决心，由政府投资在北京天安门广场人民大会堂西侧兴建国家大剧院。为了能够将本工程建成国际一流的艺术殿堂，中国政府决定在国内外广泛征求设计方案，为此国家大剧院工程业主委员会邀请了国 The construction of the National Grand Theater, from the 50’s onwards, after several arguments and planning, which lasted 40 years. In 1997, the Central Government decided that the government should invest in building the National Grand Theater on the west side of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. In order to be able to build this project into a world-class art center, the Chinese government decided to solicit design proposals at home and abroad. To this end, the National Grand Theater Project Owner Committee invited the State