Exhibition on Hetian jade culture held at Palace Museum in Beijing

This photo shows a jade artifact at the exhibition titled “Jade from the Kunlun Mountains: Special Exhibition on Hetian Jade Culture in the Qing Court” at the Palace Museum in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 6, 2025. The exhibition, which opened here on Monday, showcases 258 pieces of Hetian jade items from the Qing Court. (Xinhua/Jin Liangkuai)

This photo shows a jade artifact at the exhibition titled “Jade from the Kunlun Mountains: Special Exhibition on Hetian Jade Culture in the Qing Court” at the Palace Museum in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 6, 2025. The exhibition, which opened here on Monday, showcases 258 pieces of Hetian jade items from the Qing Court. (Xinhua/Jin Liangkuai)

This photo shows some jade artifacts at the exhibition titled “Jade from the Kunlun Mountains: Special Exhibition on Hetian Jade Culture in the Qing Court” at the Palace Museum in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 6, 2025. The exhibition, which opened here on Monday, showcases 258 pieces of Hetian jade items from the Qing Court. (Xinhua/Jin Liangkuai)

A visitor is seen at the exhibition titled “Jade from the Kunlun Mountains: Special Exhibition on Hetian Jade Culture in the Qing Court” at the Palace Museum in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 6, 2025. The exhibition, which opened here on Monday, showcases 258 pieces of Hetian jade items from the Qing Court. (Xinhua/Jin Liangkuai)

A visitor looks at a jade imperial seal at the exhibition titled “Jade from the Kunlun Mountains: Special Exhibition on Hetian Jade Culture in the Qing Court” at the Palace Museum in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 6, 2025. The exhibition, which opened here on Monday, showcases 258 pieces of Hetian jade items from the Qing Court. (Xinhua/Jin Liangkuai)

This photo shows a jade artifact at the exhibition titled “Jade from the Kunlun Mountains: Special Exhibition on Hetian Jade Culture in the Qing Court” at the Palace Museum in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 6, 2025. The exhibition, which opened here on Monday, showcases 258 pieces of Hetian jade items from the Qing Court. (Xinhua/Jin Liangkuai)

This photo shows some jade Go stones at the exhibition titled “Jade from the Kunlun Mountains: Special Exhibition on Hetian Jade Culture in the Qing Court” at the Palace Museum in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 6, 2025. The exhibition, which opened here on Monday, showcases 258 pieces of Hetian jade items from the Qing Court. (Xinhua/Jin Liangkuai)

This photo shows a set of jade Chinese Chess pieces at the exhibition titled “Jade from the Kunlun Mountains: Special Exhibition on Hetian Jade Culture in the Qing Court” at the Palace Museum in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 6, 2025. The exhibition, which opened here on Monday, showcases 258 pieces of Hetian jade items from the Qing Court. (Xinhua/Jin Liangkuai)

This photo shows a set of jade chess pieces at the exhibition titled “Jade from the Kunlun Mountains: Special Exhibition on Hetian Jade Culture in the Qing Court” at the Palace Museum in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 6, 2025. The exhibition, which opened here on Monday, showcases 258 pieces of Hetian jade items from the Qing Court.

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Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan Founder & Chair, Global Silk Route Research Alliance

Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…