The Baoji Bronze Ware Museum in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, the first museum in the country to highlight the bronze culture, offers a glimpse into the splendid culture in ancient China.
Chinese President Xi Jinping visited the museum in the city of Baoji on Tuesday afternoon, to learn about the local efforts to enhance the protection and use of cultural relics.
He stressed developing a sense of reverence and affection for Chinese civilization and called for passing on fine traditional Chinese culture from generation to generation.
Home to more than 480,000 cultural relics, the museum is especially famous for the bronzes of the Shang (1600-1046 B.C.) and Zhou (1046-771 B.C.) dynasties which marked the peak of China's bronze culture.
He Zun, a bronze ritual wine vessel made in the Western Zhou Dynasty (1046-771 BC) is housed at the museum. It is one of China's 64 national treasures that are never allowed to be exhibited abroad.
It stands 38 centimeters high, and is 28 centimeters in diameter, weighing in at more than 14 kilograms. The bronze ware bears the first written form of the name Zhongguo, or China, which indicates that the concept of "Zhongguo" has emerged more than 3,000 years ago.
Baoji Bronze Ware Museum offers glimpse into splendid ancient Chinese culture
China is committed to advancing nuclear energy development and is willing to collaborate with other members of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to tackle global challenges, said a Chinese official on Monday.
Liu Jing, vice chairman of the China Atomic Energy Authority, made the remarks at the 68th Regular Session of the IAEA General Conference in Vienna, Austria, the agency's headquarters.
Addressing the opportunities and challenges presented by global sustainable development, China is prepared to collaborate with the IAEA and its member states to enhance nuclear safety and tackle both traditional and emerging challenges related to nuclear safety, security and proliferation risks, said Liu.
China will make efforts to enhance the resilience and security of the global nuclear industry supply chain, foster collaborative innovation in nuclear energy technology, and expand nuclear scientific research facilities and experimental platforms together with IAEA member states in an orderly manner, said Liu.
China is willing to promote universally beneficial and inclusive nuclear energy development and increase resource investment with global partners, so as to provide more support and assistance to the Global South countries for peacefully using nuclear energy and for promoting modernization and sustainable development, said Liu.
China once again reiterated its opposition to Japan's release of nuclear-contaminated wastewater from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean, calling for the establishment of a monitoring arrangement that is carried out in an effective and independent manner, so as to safeguard people's health and ensure a safe global marine environment, said Liu.
China committed to promoting nuclear energy development with IAEA members: official
