8th Wuxi Forum on the Conservation of China’s Cultural Heritage takes place

By By Zheng Fei and Wu Nan / 08-29-2013 / Chinese Social Sciences Today
The 8th Wuxi Forum on the Conservation of China’s Cultural Heritage was held on April 10th and 11th.
On April 10th and 11th, the 8th Wuxi Forum on the Conservation of China’s Cultural Heritage was held in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province. Hundreds of scholars from the national culture and heritage sector gave insightful and detailed suggestions on how to best strike a harmony between protecting and utilizing cultural relics and its utilization, and between heritage and development. The forum aimed to achieve a win-win situation where the conservation of cultural relics goes hand-in-hand with the social and cultural development of China. Attendees affirmed that cultural relics are tremendously valuable to human society, and sought to find solutions to communicate the value of cultural relics with both the current and upcoming generations.
 
 
The Chinese version appeared in Chinese Social Sciences Today, No. 439, Apr. 15, 2013
                                                                                                                           Translated by Zhang Mengying