South China's Guangdong Province is to build a new provincial museum at an expected cost of almost one billion yuan (US$120 million).
Construction is underway on the 50-meter high building with an acreage and a floor space of 15,000 and 60,000 square meters respectively.
The exhibition section is a key part of the project and upon completion, historic, cultural, natural, artistic, calligraphy, porcelain, craftwork, inkstone and root-carving exhibits will go on display.
Meanwhile, a storeroom has been designed for the preservation of more than 120,000 historical and cultural relics of the province.
(Xinhua News Agency January 14, 2003)
