The Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People's Republic of China is a constitute department of the State Council of the People's Republic of China in charge of culture and tourism.
12-719: The National Cultural Heritage Administration ( NCHA ; 国家文物局 ) is an administrative agency affiliated with the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People's Republic of China . It is responsible for the development and management of museums as well as the protection of cultural relics of national importance. After the Chinese Civil War , the State Bureau of Cultural Relics was established to protect relics and archaeological sites as well as help develop museums (though
24-601: A dragon) sold for £478,000 at another auction in Dorchester. In April 2018, the Tiger Ying (a bronze water vessel) sold at an auction in the United Kingdom. The National Cultural Heritage Administration condemned the auction arguing it was illegally looted from China and demanded its return. The auctioneers did not comment on Chinese requests and the auction went ahead. However, after some private negotiations,
36-559: A similar history. In 2001, the National Gallery of Canada returned an arhat sculpture that was dated about 1300 years ago. This was the first time a museum voluntarily returned an item to the state agency. A guardian statue that had been looted from a Chinese tomb in 1994 was seized by U.S. customs agents. The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York ( Mary Jo White ) filed a civil forfeiture suit under
48-422: Is pursuing the repatriation of these items via political, diplomatic, and international conventions. The Chinese government asserts that not only were these items taken immorally but illegally as well. A UNESCO document in 1995 states that cultural relics taken during wartime should be returned to their original countries. Egypt has supported China's efforts to repatriate its historical artifacts since they share
60-489: Is responsible for over 500,000 registered sites of immovable cultural relics on mainland China. This includes 2,352 sites under national protection, 9,396 sites under the protection of provincial governments, and 58,300 sites under the protection of county or municipal authorities. In addition, 103 cities are designated as a "Historically and Culturally Famous City." There are approximately one million ancient Chinese relics on display in more than 200 overseas museums. The agency
72-769: The Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act , which led to the statue's seizure. It was returned in May 2001. In 2001, the Miho Museum in Kyoto, Japan, returned a rare Buddhist statue that was stolen from a public garden in the Shandong province. A rare bronze horse was purchased for 8.9 million US by Macau billionaire Stanley Ho who donated it to China. In 2009, an auction in France took place despite protests from
84-664: The Chinese Government. Two bronze sculptures that were looted from the Old Summer Palace during the Second Opium War were being auctioned. The purchaser, François Pinault , bought them and donated them back to China in 2013. An imperial Chinese gilt metal box appeared at an auction in Salisbury in 2011. It was sold for £400,000. In that same year, another relic (a yellow jade pendant carved as
96-744: The People%27s Republic of China The ministry was established on 19 March 2018 based on the Ministry of Culture and the China National Tourism Administration . On March 17, 2018, the first session of the 13th National People's Congress adopted a decision that stipulated that the functions of the Ministry of Culture and the China National Tourism Administration be consolidated into a single ministry. Luo Shugang
108-727: The Tiger Ying was returned and became part of the National Museum of China's collection in November of that year. The FBI Art Crime Team returned 361 cultural artifacts to China on February 28, 2019. A court in Milan Italy ruled 796 artifacts to be returned to China. They arrived in Beijing on April 10, 2019. Some of these relics include porcelain items from the Song and Ming dynasties. Ministry of Culture and Tourism of
120-624: The agency languished during the political turmoil of the Cultural Revolution ). Its cause was revitalized with the establishment of the State Cultural Relics Enterprises Management Bureau in 1973 to oversee the protection of cultural heritage and the State Bureau of Cultural Relics (SBCR) in 1988, under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Culture, as the encompassing agency for conservation of Chinese culture and heritage. The agency
132-500: Was elected as the first Minister of Culture and Tourism. In September 2020, China News Service reported that the Ministry of Culture and Tourism stated that it will focus on strengthening the content censorship and on-site supervision of talk shows, Xiangsheng , Pioneer drama, experimental drama and other language shows. The Ministry of Culture and Tourism has the following institutions: 13th National People%27s Congress The 13th National People's Congress ( NPC )
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#1732765870097144-560: Was elected from October 2017 to February 2018 and was in session in the five-year period from 2018 to 2023. It held five sessions in this period, occurring around early March every year until before 2023, when the 14th National People's Congress first convened. The first session opened on 5 March 2018 and closed on 20 March 2018. All major state positions were elected in this session, including President, Vice President, Premier, and Congress Chairman. The second session opened on 5 March 2019 and concluded on 15 March 2019. The third session
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