Xi stresses systematic protection of intangible cultural heritage

Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech via video at the opening ceremony of the fifth China International Import Expo, Nov 4, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

BEIJING – Chinese President Xi Jinping has underlined making solid headway in the systematic protection of intangible cultural heritage and better promoting Chinese culture around the world.

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks recently in an important instruction on the protection of intangible cultural heritage.