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China has 108 million movable cultural artifacts: survey

Summary: China's first national survey of movable cultural artifacts has found that there are 108.15million items or sets of such artifacts owned by the state.


(Photo/Provided by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage)

China's first national survey of movable cultural artifacts has found that there are 108.15million items or sets of such artifacts owned by the state.

On April 7, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage (SACHannounced that 26.61million movable cultural artifacts had been registeredTo better count and protect thecountry's ancient relicsa census was conducted from 2012 to 2016. It covered 1.02 millionstate institutions on the mainlandinvestigatingidentifying and registering variousartifacts.

(Photo/Provided by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage)

A national database was also established as the census was carried outPaper and digitalrecords of the artifacts will be maintainedwith relevant information made available to thepublicAbout 50 million pictures of the artifacts have so far been uploaded to the nationaldatabaseEvery registered artifact possesses its own unique codewhich indicates therelic's locationorganization and sequence numberAccording to SACH, 107,000 peoplewere involved in administering the survey.

Looking ahead to the futurethe survey also discovered a lack of proper facilities and staffto protect the country's cultural treasures

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