NPC member urges speedup of law on museum

Wang Yongchao talks to staff members at the Guanzhong Folk Customs Museum in Xi’an, the capital of northwestern China’s Shaanxi province, on Feb 9. Wang Yongchao, a member of the National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s legislature, plans to propose during the third session of the 11th Congress to speed up the establishment of the Promotion Law on Non-Government-funded Museums. Museums, vital to China’s social and cultural undertakings, are regarded by Wang as an important mark of a country’s economic, cultural and technological development. [Photo/Xinhua]