Political history is outside this page. It records institutions and standards: the State Council's first list of 180 key protected sites in 1961, and China as a State Party to the World Heritage Convention from 1985.
Lists and standards: The State Council issued its first list of 180 key protected sites in 1961; China has been a State Party to the World Heritage Convention since 1985.
Museums and sites serve the public under conservation rules: Banpo Museum opened in 1958, and the Palace Museum limits entry by time slot and conserves its 1,050 heritage buildings by a value-led process.
Public cultural spaces: Banpo Museum opened in 1958; the Palace Museum controls entry by time slot.
Heritage and the arts entered international lists: six sites were first inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1987; Kunqu, proclaimed by UNESCO in 2001, was inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2008, and Peking opera followed in 2010.
International lists: Six sites were first inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1987; Kunqu (2008) and Peking opera (2010) entered UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
Archaeology kept widening knowledge of ancient civilization: the Mawangdui tombs excavated in 1972–1974, the Terracotta Army found in 1974, the bell set of Marquis Yi of Zeng unearthed in 1978, and six new pits excavated at Sanxingdui in 2020–2022.
Archaeological finds: Mawangdui (1972–1974), the Terracotta Army pits (found 1974), the bells of Marquis Yi of Zeng (1978) and the new Sanxingdui pits (2020–2022).
In 2016 the reflector of the 500-metre aperture spherical radio telescope was completed, and by the end of 2023 the Dunhuang Academy had digitally captured 295 caves. The period is still open, and new records continue to be filed here.
Science and conservation: The reflector of the 500-metre aperture spherical radio telescope was completed in 2016; by the end of 2023 the Dunhuang Academy had digitally captured 295 caves.
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