Chinese President Xi calls for turning Palace Museum into window for Chinese civilization

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00:00Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged the greater efforts to protect the Palace Museum

00:10in Beijing which he held as a hallmark of the Chinese civilization. President Xi made

00:16the remarks while viewing the exhibition in the Palace Museum marking its 100th founding

00:21anniversary. President Xi said the Palace Museum embodies the culture genes of the Chinese nation.

00:28He stressed that protecting and making the good use of the Palace Museum is a major task for the

00:34country, an honorable mission for all who work there. President Xi also called on the museum to

00:41carry forward its fine traditions, ensure cultural relics truly serve the people and enhance the

00:47preservation and creative use of heritage so the Palace Museum can remain as a vital center

00:53for patriotic education and a window through which the world can better understand Chinese

00:59civilization. Titled a century of stewardship from the Forbidden City to the Palace Museum,

01:05the exhibition features around 200 precious cultural relics and documents across three

01:12sections showcasing the museum's century-long journey of preservation and innovation as well

01:18as the history and enduring cultural lineage of the Chinese nation.