Let C be a semidualizing module over a commutative Noetherian ring R . We investigate duality pairs induced by C -Gorenstein projective modules. It is proven that R is Artinian if and only if ( G P C , G I C ) $(\mathcal {GPC},\mathcal {GIC})$ is a duality pair if and only if ( G I C , G P C ) $(\mathcal {GIC},\mathcal {GPC})$ is a duality pair and M + ∈ G I C whenever M ∈ G P C , where G P C ( G I C ) is the class of G C -Gorenstein projective ( G C -Gorenstein injective) R -modules. In particular, we give a necessary and sufficient condition for a commutative Artinian ring to be virtually Gorenstein. Moreover, we get that R is Artinian if and only if the class G P of Gorentein projective R -modules is preenveloping. As applications, some new criteria for a semidualizing module to be dualizing are given provided that R is a commutative Artinian ring.