Sichuan Provincial Bureau of Cultural Relics conveys the Instruction of General Secretary Xi Jinping During His Visit in Sichuan

Release Time: 2023-08-09

On July 31, Sichuan Provincial Bureau of Cultural Relics held a meeting to comprehend the instruction of General Secretary Xi Jinping during his visit in Sichuan (Xi's Instruction). Mr. Wang Yi, Deputy Director of the Sichuan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism and Director of Sichuan Provincial Bureau of Cultural Relics, presided over the meeting and delivered a speech.

The meeting pointed out that the speech delivered by General Secretary Xi Jinping, when visiting the New Sanxingdui Museum and its Cultural Relics Protection and Restoration Hall, provides the guideline of new-era archaeological findings and the development of cultural and exposition industry.

The meeting emphasized that all the Sichuan cultural and exposition units should seriously study, comprehend and accurately grasp the profound connotation of Xi's Instruction, combine it with the spirit of the 20th National Congress of CPC and the theme-based education of Xi Jinping's Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, and sustain a full implementation.

The meeting required that all the Sichuan cultural and exposition units should stand high at the level of Chinese culture heritage and cultural confidence, build a multidisciplinary and inclusive “big archaeology” system, deepen the research of major archaeological findings and the interpretation of the outstanding characteristics of the Chinese civilization, and prove unity in diversity of Chinese civilization. The cultural and exposition units should focus more on the cultural relics protection and restoration, build high-standard Sanxingdui Archaeological and Cultural Relics Protection Center, upgrade the New Sanxingdui Museum, speed up the construction of Sanxingdui National Cultural Relics Protection and Utilization Pilot Zone, promote Sanxingdui-Jinsha Ruins joint bid program of UNESCO world heritage, facilitate the development of cultural and creative products, and better interpret the profound Chinese culture. The cultural and exposition units should also continue the construction of institution and cultivation of talents, support the establishment of Archaeological Science Center of Sichuan University and enhance the training of cultural and exposition talents and skilled talents.

During the meeting, Mr. Tang Fei, Director of Archaeology of Sichuan, and Mr. Ran Honglin, Director of the Sanxingdui Archaeological Research Institute, conveyed General Secretary Xi Jinping's keen care and expectations. Archaeology of Sichuan will thoroughly implement the spirit of the General Secretary Xi Jinping, and continue to perform well in the field of archaeological excavations, multidisciplinary research and cultural relics protection, following the direction pointed out by General Secretary Xi Jinping.