“十四五”时期文物事业高质量发展取得历史性成就

Core Insights - The press conference highlighted the historical achievements in the high-quality development of cultural heritage during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period [1] Group 1: Cultural Heritage Development - The national cultural heritage resources have been largely clarified, with significant progress made in the fourth national cultural heritage census, completing the review of 767,000 registered cultural relics [1] - Over 130,000 new cultural relics have been discovered, and the protection and restoration levels of key cultural relic types, such as grottoes, earth sites, murals, and fragile museum collections, have continuously improved [1] - The number of national registered museums has reached 7,046, with 6,444 of them being free to the public, accounting for over 91% [1] Group 2: Public Engagement and International Cooperation - The annual number of museum visitors has approached 1.5 billion, indicating that visiting museums has increasingly become a part of people's quality of life [1] - During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, 537 pieces/sets of lost cultural relics and artworks have returned to the country, and 49 joint archaeological projects with foreign countries have been steadily implemented [1]