China adds new items to list of documentary heritage

The Bianzhong of Marquis Yi of Zeng is pictured in Hubei Provincial Museum in Wuhan, central China's Hubei province, April 17, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua]

A new batch of 52 archival documents have been listed as China's documentary heritage, the National Archives Administration of China announced on Monday.

With the new inscription, the total number of registers on the country's documentary heritage list has now reached 250.

The 52 newly added documents comprise paper records, stone inscriptions, as well as bamboo slips and woodblock printing plates.

They reflect the history in ancient China, the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, as well as the history of the Communist Party of China and New China, covering aspects of religion, culture and major construction projects in China's history.

China launched the China Documentary Heritage Programme as part of the country's efforts to implement the UNESCO-established Memory of the World (MoW) Programme. It investigates and catalogs archives and documents in the country with world-class cultural value, providing a basis for China's application for the MoW regional register for Asia and Pacific and MoW international register.