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Beijing

National museum receives 8.6m visitors

The National Museum of China received a record 8.61 million visitors during the 279 days it was open last year, the museum said. The total, up 6.8 percent year-on-year, worked out to a daily average of 30,860 visitors. The number of visitors has been climbing steadily since 2015, when it was 7.29 million. Starting in 2018, the museum stopped distributing paper tickets and enabled visitors to enter the museum with valid identification. The museum has also improved the efficiency of its security checks to ensure greater convenience for guests.