China will strive for equal access to basic cultural services for all, according to an official guideline released on Wednesday.
According to HKTDC's data, being the second-largest licensing market in Asia after Japan, retail sales of the mainland's licensed merchandise amounted to $5.5 billion in 2013.
Thirty-four entries were added to the World Intangible Cultural Heritage List at the ninth session of the Intergovernmental Committee held at UNESCO headquarters in Paris.
Zhou Youguang, a renowned Chinese linguist, is often credited as the "Father of Pinyin (Chinese phonetic alphabet)" in China. Born in Changzhou in East China’s Jiangsu province, Zhou celebrated his 110th birthday on Jan 13.
Archaeologists recently discovered five precious sariras at an ancient tomb in Xiangyang city in Central China's Hubei province.
China's capital city launched its first underground library, "M Subway•Library" on Jan 12. The theme of its first activity is "Our Characters".
Pupils from Zhonghua Road Primary School learn the Chinese paper-cut from folk artist Yin Guilan at Yinshanmen community in Zhenjiang, east China's Jiangsu province, Jan 13, 2015.
According to Fung, one important event agreed to by the two Palace Museums is an exhibition on court painter Giuseppe Castiglione to mark the 300th anniversary of his arrival in China.
Cao Zhiqin, a shadow play puppeteer, manipulates leather puppets during a performance in Zhenhu Township of Xiji County, Guyuan, Northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region, Jan 12, 2015.
The first animation post office in China opened in Shijiazhuang city, Hebei province on Jan 8, 2015. This special post office features animation, cartoon and digital educational information, providing made-to-order service of animation stamps, post cards and relative products.
The scheduled closing of the Confucius Institute in Stockholm University in June will not cause a chain reaction, Hanban said on Tuesday.
Stockholm University is to end all cooperation with the Confucius Institute and the latter will be closed on June 30, according to an announcement on the university's website.
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