SCIO press conference on strengthening heritage conservation to carry forward Chinese civilization
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Third, the NCHA has promoted the popularity and influence of cultural relics. Enjoying exhibitions at museums has become a new lifestyle activity for people. Especially, there is a significant increase in public demand for museums during summer holidays and other holidays and festivals. The NCHA has prioritized efforts to develop museums so as to educate the public. China is now home to 6,565 museums, with over 90% offering free admission. The NCHA also carried out a national campaign to promote China's top ten museum exhibitions as well as themed exhibitions that promote fine traditional culture and socialist core values. The Alliance for Cultural Heritage in Asia was established, and the Xi'an Declaration was published to promote cultural heritage protection in Asia. The NCHA has improved the system for authenticating cultural relics and strengthened the regulation of cultural relics trade. Efforts have also been made to explore the possibility of expanding the range of tax preferences for imported cultural relics. The NCHA organized a series of events to celebrate International Museum Day and China's Cultural and Natural Heritage Day, among others. In addition, excellent cases of the high-quality development of cultural relics-related work were selected and promoted. The NCHA cooperated with the China Media Group on producing documentaries and worked with China's cyberspace regulator to launch themed activities online. The "Civilization in Archaeology," a digital art exhibition exploring the origins of Chinese civilization, was held at the headquarters of the United Nations. All these efforts have helped to increase the popularity of cultural relics.
Fourth, the NCHA has strengthened the protection and utilization of revolutionary cultural relics. We completed the project on the protection and use of revolutionary cultural relics. This project was carried out from 2018 to 2022. The list of second batch of revolutionary cultural relics was approved and announced by 31 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. China has more than 36,000 immovable revolutionary cultural relics and over one million pieces (sets) of movable ones. A number of important revolutionary sites, such as the National Mongolian and Tibetan School, were restored and opened to the public. A joint initiative themed around revolutionary cultural relics was launched to promote the moral, intellectual, and civic development of the public.
Fifth, the NCHA has strengthened technological innovation in cultural relics-related work. It has supported the quality development of cultural relics-related work with the help of scientific and technological innovation. It has formulated guidelines on strengthening scientific and technological innovation in cultural relics-related work and revised standardized measures for regulating cultural relics protection. A guideline on establishing standards for cultural heritage protection during the 14th Five-Year Plan period was released, delineating how to establish groups of standards in seven major areas. The NCHA has selected the eighth batch of key research bases. China now has 40 S&T bases for cultural relics. The NCHA has carried out 17 online cultural projects that are based on digital and information technology, including one that promotes Beijing's central axis. Efforts have also been made to protect the cultural relics at the Yungang Grottoes and promote studying the Yungang Grottoes.
Sixth, the NCHA has advanced the building of a professional team of talent. It has stepped up efforts to address insufficient staff for cultural heritage protection. With the strong support of the central and local authorities, we have increased staff allocation for cultural heritage protection and archaeological institutions at all levels and raised the allowance standard for field workers in such institutions. The NCHA upgraded the national vocational skills competition in the cultural relics sector to a first-class national event. It has also improved the structure of cultural relics protection related educational programs and increased the enrollment quota for doctoral students in archaeology by 57% in 13 universities that cultivate high-caliber talents the country needs. We have also made progress in setting up academic degrees in cultural relics and S&T of cultural relics. Efforts have also been made to prepare for the establishment of a university for cultural heritage.
That's all for my opening remarks. Next, my colleagues and I are ready to answer your questions. Thank you.
Xing Huina:
Thank you, Mr. Li. The floor is now open for questions. Please identify the news outlet you represent before raising your questions.
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