UCL Diary Notice: Lecture with Dr Shan Jixiang

Dr Shan joined the Communist Party in 1985 and has held his current position at the SACH for the last two years. The SACH is the highest administrative body for heritage and archaeology in the Chinese government and is responsible for making and implementing legislation. It has a number of departments (museums, archaeology, conservation, foreign affairs) and a research institute: the Chinese Academy of Cultural Heritage. It also controls the special funding for heritage and archaeological projects, including management and policy development as well as research projects.

Professor Malcolm Grant, UCL President and Provost, will introduce Dr Shan's lecture, which will be followed by a wine reception in the A.G. Leventis Gallery at the Institute.

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Notes for Editors

The lecture will take place at 4pm on Thursday 19 February 2009 in Lecture Theatre G6, UCL Institute of Archaeology, 31-34 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PY. If you wish to attend or request an interview, please contact Dave Weston in the UCL Media Relations Office (d.weston@ucl.ac.uk or +44 (0) 20 7679 7678)

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About the International Centre for Chinese Heritage and Archaeology (ICCHA):

In December 2003 University College London and Peking University officially launched the new International Centre for Chinese Heritage and Archaeology (ICCHA). The Centre has a joint management body with offices and activities in both London and Beijing. This is the first such venture between China and the UK. Its objective is to create a genuine and meaningful partnership between two of the most important archaeological institutes in the world.

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