Palace Museum's move can boost cultural confidence

AT A RECENT FORUM, Shan Jixiang, head of the Palace Museum, said they are working to open more areas within the museum to tourists. Beijing Youth Daily comments:

The aim is for more than 80 percent of the Palace Museum to be open to tourists next year.

The move is of great cultural significance. According to a recent regulation of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, the managements of cultural heritage buildings are encouraged to open them to the public, so as to make better use of them for educational purposes.