There are 2,200 museums in China, including 625 non-governmental
museums. With a total collection surpassing 20 million items, these
museums hold more than 8,000 exhibitions a year. Museums based on
cultural relics, like the Museum of the Qin Terracotta Warriors and
Horses in Xi'an, have become a fixture on tourist itineraries. The
government encourages exchange and exhibitions of cultural relics
between museums and the display and exchange of legal
non-governmental collections too. Beijing, as China's capital and
cultural center, has 129 museums, receiving more than 30 million
visitors a year.
By 2015, China will build 1,000 additional museums, so that
every city above medium size possesses one comprehensive
museum.
