NPC deputies and CPPCC members share views on conservation of cultural heritages

Ma Xiaolin, a CPPCC member and director of the Henan Museum, said it is necessary to promote the Internationalization of Archaeological Periodicals of Cultural Relics and strengthen the construction of editorial committee of the periodicals.

Zhou Shuying, an NPC deputy and Chinese paper artist, said that developing cultural creative products is a good way to safeguard intangible cultural heritages.

Yang Changqin, an NPC deputy from Southwest China's Guizhou province, said that rural areas are the important soil for the planting of intangible cultural heritage. Protecting intangible culture heritage and developing an industry of ICH can help lift rural people out of poverty.

Song Shuixian, an NPC deputy and a horsetail embroidery artist from Sandu Shui autonomous county, Southwest China's Guizhou province, said that schools should offer lessons about intangible cultural heritages so that children can learn more about them and better inherit them.

Tian Jing, a CPPCC member from Southwest China's Yunnan province, urged policies should be made to support local inheritors of ICH skills to set up non-profit training agencies so as to train more inheritors in these fields.