Xu Hengqiu, deputy director of the Tianjin Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television, speaks in Beijing at the press conference for the 2018 Cultural and Natural Heritage Day, May 22, 2018. [Photo/mcprc.gov.cn]

"Tianjin is known as the hometown of quyi. It plays an important role in the preservation of local intangible cultural heritage," said Xu Hengqiu, deputy director of Tianjin Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television. "The city is going to build a diversified platform for artists and scholars to learn and communicate with each other."

Lu Qiong, director of the Policy and Law Department under the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, speaks in Beijing at the press conference for the 2018 Cultural and Natural Heritage Day, May 22, 2018. [Photo/mcprc.gov.cn]

According to Lu Qiong, director of the Policy and Law Department under the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, Guangzhou has been appointed as the host city of 2018 Cultural and Natural Heritage Day. There will be over 100 delegates attending the international symposium discussing heritage conservation along the Maritime Silk Road.