No, China International Painting and Calligraphy Art Research Association is a national first-class social organization approved by the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the People's Republic of China and headed by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of People's Republic of China (PRC) (PRC). It is a public welfare professional institution with the aim of strengthening the research and academic exchange of Chinese and foreign calligraphy and painting art, and integrating international, academic and national characteristics, so it is not an education department.