Rules for relics

A new set of guidelines is unveiled to regulate China's vast museum sector, but experts say more needs to be done, Wang Kaihao reports. Wang Kaihao

In China, finding museums has seldom been a problem. But other than the big and established ones, many fail to be taken seriously by visitors because they don't have the resources to manage their collections or haven't been officially registered as museums.

However, change is afoot. Last week, Premier Li Keqiang set the course to make the country's museums' sector less chaotic by signing the State Council's first regulation of museums, effective from March 20.