The 10th anniversary of the 28th Session of the World Heritage Committee was held in Suzhou on June 28, which also marked the official establishment of first branch of the Forbidden City College in Suzhou, Jiangsu province. The Forbidden City Museum and Suzhou government will join together to carry out joint efforts on the country’s intangible culture heritage protection, personnel training, among other things. Shan Jixiang, Director of the National Palace Museum, and Suzhou Mayor Zhou Naixiang attended the opening ceremony.

After the ceremony, Shan Jixiang gave a lecture titled “Forbidden City and Suzhou,” as part of the first event launched by the new Suzhou branch, attracting hundreds of people. In the future, the college will invite monthly prominent experts and scholars to give public lectures for practitioners in the fields of heritage and museums, heritage enthusiasts and the general public, from both home and abroad. At the first board meeting of the Suzhou college, Shan Jixiang was elected chairman.

In November 2013, the Forbidden City College was founded in Beijing, becoming the first "Museum College" in China and the training center for the International Council of Museums. On March 11 the Suzhou Municipal Government and the National Palace Museum signed a cooperation framework agreement. According to the agreement, the two groups decided to work together on museum exchanges, intangible culture protection and inheritance, cultural and creative industries, and the use of the Forbidden City College.

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