Ancient Cultural Artifacts Returned to China
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Chinese ambassador to the U.S. Cui Tiankai taking a closer look at the micro-raptor fossil in the Chinese Embassy located in Washington D.C. on Thursday, December 10, 2015. [Photo: CRIENGLISH.com]

A total of 22 Chinese artifacts and one fossil have been returned to China on Thursday, December 10, 2015 at a repatriation ceremony held in the Chinese Embassy in Washington D.C.

Among these repatriated cultural relics, was a micro-raptor fossil estimated to be approximately 160 million years old.

The fossil will be exhibited at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History for about 6 months before it comes back to China.

In addition to the fossil, other repatriated items include jade disks, bronze trays and a pottery figurine, dating back as far as 1600 BCE.

Chinese Ambassador to the U.S. Cui Tiankai addressed all those in attendance and praised the current China-U.S. cooperation on import restrictions of archaeological materials.

Since the two countries signed a Memorandum of Understanding on import restrictions of archaeological materials in 2009, 24 Chinese cultural institutions and organizations have collaborated with US institutions and have held more than 30 cultural relics exhibitions in the U.S.

More collaboration projects are under discussion and will be carried out in the coming year, for example, China's State Administration of Cultural Heritage is planning to hold exhibitions in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. in 2017.

 

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