National Intangible Cultural Heritages List

To standardize China’s intangible cultural heritage protection work, the State Council issued the notice on strengthening the protection of cultural heritage and make a 4-level protection system, namely Nation-Province-City-County protection system. It urged all localities and departments concerned to carry out the work principle of “Protection with High Priority, Rescue First, Rational Utilization, Inheritance and Development” and earnestly do a good job in the protection, management and rational utilization of intangible cultural heritage. 

1. National Intangible Cultural Heritages List Batch by Batch

The State Council has approved the Ministry of Culture to identify four batches of national intangible cultural heritage lists, respectively published in 2006, 2008, 2011 and 2014. 

• The First Batch of National Intangible Cultural Heritage List released on May 20, 2006 (518 items in total)
• The Second Batch of National Intangible Cultural Heritage List released on June 14, 2008 (510 items in total) 
• The Third Batch of National Intangible Cultural Heritage List released on June 10, 2011 (191 items in total)
• The Fourth Batch of National Intangible Cultural Heritage List released on July 16, 2014 (153 items in total)

2. National Intangible Cultural Heritages List by Region

• Beijing(北京)
• Tianjin(天津)
• Shanghai(上海)
• Chongqing(重庆)
• Hebei(河北)
• Shanxi(山西)
• Liaoning(辽宁)
• Jiiin(吉林)
• Heilongjiang(黑龙江)
• Shaanxi(陕西)
• Gansu(甘肃)
• Qinghai(青海)
• Shandong(山东)
• Jiangsu(江苏)
• Zhejiang(浙江)
• Anhui(安徽)
• Jiangxi(江西)
• Fujian(福建)
• Henan(河南)
• Hubei(湖北)
• Hunan(湖南)
• Guangdong(广东)
• Sichuan(四川)
• Guizhou(贵州)
• Yunnan(云南)
• Hainan(海南)
• Inner Mongolia(内蒙古)
• Ningxia(宁夏)
• Guangxi(广西)
• Xinjiang(新疆)
• Tibet(西藏)
• Hong Kong(香港)
• Macau (澳门)
• Taiwan (台湾)

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