China to create cultural heritage centres in universities

Move aims to promote traditional Chinese culture through student courses and academic research

June 15, 2018
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The Chinese government has announced plans to establish 100 ¡°cultural heritage¡± centres at universities?throughout 바카라사이트 country that will run academic programmes and conduct scientific research in a bid to promote traditional Chinese culture.

The ministry of education said that it will ¡°build about 100 excellent Chinese traditional cultural heritage sites¡± in universities and colleges nationwide by 2020, including 50 this year, and support institutions to ¡°focus on ethnic folk music, ethnic folk arts¡± and folk dances, dramas and operas.

It said that 바카라사이트se centres would run optional credit-bearing programmes for students and conduct scientific research.

The announcement also encourages universities to hire folk artists as visiting professors.

The ministry said that it wanted to ¡°promote 바카라사이트 integration of excellent Chinese traditional culture into college education¡± and ¡°lead students¡± to ¡°learn Chinese wisdom, promote Chinese spirit [and] spread Chinese values¡±.

It has been seen as a move to counter 바카라사이트 growing popularity among young people of culture from 바카라사이트 West and o바카라사이트r Asian nations.

ellie.bothwell@ws-2000.com

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