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China’s Xizang improves protection of intangible cultural heritag.

By Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan 6 min read

Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.

China’s Xizang improves protection of intangible cultural heritag.

A carver with Tibetan woodblock art, a regional intangible cultural heritage, works in Lhasa, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Aug. 6, 2025.

The protection of intangible cultural heritage in Xizang has steadily improved, with 473 million yuan (about 66 million U.S. dollars) from the central and regional governments earmarked from 2012 to 2024 for the protection of intangible cultural heritage items on the national representative list and other related fields, according to a white paper issued this year. (Xinhua/Tenzing Nima Qadhup)

A painter creates a Tibetan Thangka painting, a national intangible cultural heritage, in Lhasa, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Aug. 6, 2025.

The protection of intangible cultural heritage in Xizang has steadily improved, with 473 million yuan (about 66 million U.S. dollars) from the central and regional governments earmarked from 2012 to 2024 for the protection of intangible cultural heritage items on the national representative list and other related fields, according to a white paper issued this year. (Xinhua/Tenzing Nima Qadhup)

A carver with traditional Tibetan carving restoration technique, a regional intangible cultural heritage, poses for a photo in Lhasa, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Aug. 6, 2025.

The protection of intangible cultural heritage in Xizang has steadily improved, with 473 million yuan (about 66 million U.S. dollars) from the central and regional governments earmarked from 2012 to 2024 for the protection of intangible cultural heritage items on the national representative list and other related fields, according to a white paper issued this year. (Xinhua/Jiang Fan)

A potter makes a piece of traditional Tibetan pottery, a regional intangible cultural heritage, in Lhasa, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Aug. 6, 2025.

The protection of intangible cultural heritage in Xizang has steadily improved, with 473 million yuan (about 66 million U.S. dollars) from the central and regional governments earmarked from 2012 to 2024 for the protection of intangible cultural heritage items on the national representative list and other related fields, according to a white paper issued this year. (Xinhua/Tenzing Nima Qadhup)

A painter creates a Tibetan Thangka painting, a national intangible cultural heritage, in Lhasa, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Aug. 6, 2025.

The protection of intangible cultural heritage in Xizang has steadily improved, with 473 million yuan (about 66 million U.S. dollars) from the central and regional governments earmarked from 2012 to 2024 for the protection of intangible cultural heritage items on the national representative list and other related fields, according to a white paper issued this year. (Xinhua/Jiang Fan)

A carver with traditional Tibetan carving restoration technique, a regional intangible cultural heritage, works in Lhasa, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Aug. 6, 2025.

The protection of intangible cultural heritage in Xizang has steadily improved, with 473 million yuan (about 66 million U.S. dollars) from the central and regional governments earmarked from 2012 to 2024 for the protection of intangible cultural heritage items on the national representative list and other related fields, according to a white paper issued this year. (Xinhua/Tenzing Nima Qadhup)

Workers make Tibetan clothing, a regional intangible cultural heritage, in Lhasa, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Aug. 6, 2025.

The protection of intangible cultural heritage in Xizang has steadily improved, with 473 million yuan (about 66 million U.S. dollars) from the central and regional governments earmarked from 2012 to 2024 for the protection of intangible cultural heritage items on the national representative list and other related fields, according to a white paper issued this year. (Xinhua/Tenzing Nima Qadhup)

A painter makes pigments for Tibetan Thangka painting, a national intangible cultural heritage, in Lhasa, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Aug. 6, 2025.

The protection of intangible cultural heritage in Xizang has steadily improved, with 473 million yuan (about 66 million U.S. dollars) from the central and regional governments earmarked from 2012 to 2024 for the protection of intangible cultural heritage items on the national representative list and other related fields, according to a white paper issued this year. (Xinhua/Jiang Fan)

A potter views a piece of traditional Tibetan pottery, a regional intangible cultural heritage, in Lhasa, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Aug. 6, 2025.

The protection of intangible cultural heritage in Xizang has steadily improved, with 473 million yuan (about 66 million U.S. dollars) from the central and regional governments earmarked from 2012 to 2024 for the protection of intangible cultural heritage items on the national representative list and other related fields, according to a white paper issued this year. (Xinhua/Jiang Fan)

A woman in Tibetan clothing, a regional intangible cultural heritage, poses for a photo in Lhasa, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Aug. 6, 2025.

The protection of intangible cultural heritage in Xizang has steadily improved, with 473 million yuan (about 66 million U.S. dollars) from the central and regional governments earmarked from 2012 to 2024 for the protection of intangible cultural heritage items on the national representative list and other related fields, according to a white paper issued this year. (Xinhua/Jiang Fan)

Carvers with Tibetan woodblock art, a regional intangible cultural heritage, work in Lhasa, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Aug. 6, 2025.

The protection of intangible cultural heritage in Xizang has steadily improved, with 473 million yuan (about 66 million U.S. dollars) from the central and regional governments earmarked from 2012 to 2024 for the protection of intangible cultural heritage items on the national representative list and other related fields, according to a white paper issued this year. (Xinhua/Jiang Fan)

A carver with Tibetan woodblock art, a regional intangible cultural heritage, works in Lhasa, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Aug. 6, 2025.

The protection of intangible cultural heritage in Xizang has steadily improved, with 473 million yuan (about 66 million U.S. dollars) from the central and regional governments earmarked from 2012 to 2024 for the protection of intangible cultural heritage items on the national representative list and other related fields, according to a white paper issued this year. (Xinhua/Jiang Fan)

An inheritor makes Tibetan incense in Lhasa, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Aug. 12, 2025.

The protection of intangible cultural heritage in Xizang has steadily improved, with 473 million yuan (about 66 million U.S. dollars) from the central and regional governments earmarked from 2012 to 2024 for the protection of intangible cultural heritage items on the national representative list and other related fields, according to a white paper issued this year. (Xinhua/Tenzing Nima Qadhup)

An inheritor makes Tibetan paper in Lhasa, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Aug. 12, 2025.

The protection of intangible cultural heritage in Xizang has steadily improved, with 473 million yuan (about 66 million U.S. dollars) from the central and regional governments earmarked from 2012 to 2024 for the protection of intangible cultural heritage items on the national representative list and other related fields, according to a white paper issued this year. (Xinhua/Tenzing Nima Qadhup)

A carver with Tibetan woodblock art, a regional intangible cultural heritage, works in Lhasa, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Aug. 6, 2025.

The protection of intangible cultural heritage in Xizang has steadily improved, with 473 million yuan (about 66 million U.S. dollars) from the central and regional governments earmarked from 2012 to 2024 for the protection of intangible cultural heritage items on the national representative list and other related fields, according to a white paper issued this year. (Xinhua/Jiang Fan)

Reference Link:- https://english.news.cn/20250815/955a26baa2c8442c8905aa3d1eebacd3/c.html

Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan
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.…

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