Summary: Wechat is China’s equivalent of What’s App. It was launched by Tencent Inc., supports voice messages, videos, pictures, texts, and group chats. Users communicate with their friends on wechat in a va ...

Wechat is China’s equivalent of What’s App. It was launched by Tencent Inc., supports voice messages, videos, pictures, texts, and group chats. Users communicate with their friends on wechat in a variety of methods that are similar but not limited to SMS and MMS. Wechat has swept the global Chinese circle and has become the top choice for communication and information feeds among the Chinese community.

In November 2015, on the occasion of the "2015 Silk Road world cultural heritage protection and management training course", IICC-X created "the Silk Road Heritage Management Discussion" wechat group as a communication platform for representatives from the management agencies for the 22 heritage sites from the China section of ‘the Silk Road: Routes network of Chang’an - Tianshan Corridor’, government departments and professional institutions. Group members can interact with each other at any time through mobile, share their experience of conservation and management and consult relevant organisation representatives if they have any questions. At present, the wechat group has over 60 users including representatives from the State Administration of Cultural Heritage and has received unanimous positive feedbacks.