On November 16th, Li Qun, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and Director of National Cultural Heritage Administration, and Ning Hanhao, Director of the Development Bureau of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, signed the Framework Agreement on Deepening Exchanges and Cooperation in the Field of Cultural Heritage at the Government Headquarters of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. According to the agreement, the two sides will further promote the extensive cooperation between the mainland and Hong Kong in cultural relics construction, archaeology, cultural relics exhibition, cultural relics technology, personnel training and youth activities.
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Before the agreement was signed, Li Qun held talks with Ning Hanhao. The two sides had full exchanges around the major project of “Archaeological China”, the exhibition of cultural relics in and out of China, the convergence of laws and regulations on cultural relics protection between the Mainland and Hong Kong, and the protection and application of cultural heritage on the Maritime Silk Road. Li Qun said that the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China has made specific arrangements to enhance the influence of Chinese civilization, and the signing of this agreement will help Hong Kong play a more active role in the field of international cultural exchanges. The State Administration of Cultural Heritage is willing to join hands with the Development Bureau of the Hong Kong SAR Government to stick to the Chinese cultural stance, carry forward the spirit of patriotism and love for Hong Kong, promote Hong Kong’s better integration into the overall situation of national cultural development, and tell the world the story of China. Ning Hanhao said that the agreement signed this time is a solemn commitment of the SAR Government to the protection of national cultural relics. Under the framework of the agreement, the Development Bureau will make full efforts with the State Administration of Cultural Heritage to promote the protection and inheritance of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area’s cultural heritage, jointly build the Humanities Bay Area, promote the promotion, inheritance and international dissemination of Chinese culture, and make contributions to the development of Hong Kong as a cultural and artistic exchange center between China and foreign countries.
This agreement is the first cooperation document between the State Administration of Cultural Heritage and the Development Bureau of the Hong Kong SAR Government. It is a concrete measure taken by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage to implement the spirit of the 20th Party Congress, “one country, two systems” and the Outline of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Development Plan. It is a deepening and upgrading of the existing cooperation between the two sides in combination with the institutional adjustment of the Hong Kong SAR Government and the new exchanges between the mainland and Hong Kong in the field of cultural heritage. The signing of the agreement will play a positive role in supporting Hong Kong to build a cultural and artistic exchange center between China and foreign countries, better integrating into the overall situation of national cultural development and helping the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
The Development Bureau is the department of the Hong Kong SAR Government responsible for the protection, management and archaeology of heritage buildings. In recent years, we have cooperated with the State Administration of Cultural Heritage to hold several exchange programs such as “Seminar on the Revitalization and Reuse of Historic Buildings” and “Summer Class of Cultural Heritage for Middle School Students from Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macao”, and recently co-sponsored the exhibition “Blood is thicker than water: the national conditions of Hong Kong’s historic buildings”.
During his stay in Hong Kong, Li Qun made a special trip to the Cultural Relics Discovery Center to visit the exhibition “Blood is thicker than water: the national conditions of Hong Kong’s historic buildings” jointly sponsored by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage and the Development Bureau of the Hong Kong SAR Government, and went to Lei Shengchun, a statutory monument in Hong Kong, to investigate the conservation and revitalization of Hong Kong’s cultural relics.