Museums join to carry forward Yellow River cultural heritage .

 Guan Qiang, member of the Party Group and Deputy Director of the State Bureau of Cultural relics delivers a speech. 

Jiang Jiding, director of the Department of Culture and Tourism of Henan Province, delivers a speech too. 

Tian Kai, director of Henan Provincial Bureau of Cultural relics presides over the opening ceremony .

Wanjie, Henan Museum Party Secretary presides over the "Museum and Conservation Inheritance and Promotion of the Yellow River Culture Seminar."

Ma Xiaolin, president of Henan Museum as a representative of the first convenor speaks too.

All members  vote collectively to approve the first batch of candidate units for members of the Yellow River Basin Museum Union.

ZHENGZHOU, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- A museum alliance was established Monday in Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province, in a bid to better preserve and carry forward the cultural heritage of the Yellow River.

The alliance, which consists of 45 museums from nine provincial-level regions along the Yellow River, was proposed by Henan Museum, which was elected the first convenor on a two-year term.

A series of exhibition tours will be launched by the alliance, showcasing treasures from the area that reflect the Yellow River civilization.

"The Yellow River basin took the political, economic and cultural center stage for two-thirds of the more than 5,000 years of the Chinese civilization," said Guan Qiang, deputy head of the National Cultural Heritage Administration.

The establishment of the alliance will help build a comprehensive system to protect the cultural value of the Yellow River, Guan noted.

 Guan Qiang, member of the Party Group and Deputy Director of the State Bureau of Cultural relics made a speech. Jiang Jiding, director of the Department of Culture and Tourism of Henan Province, delivered a speech.Tian Kai, director of Henan Provincial Bureau of Cultural relics presided over the opening ceremony. Wanjie, Henan Museum Party Secretary presided over the "Museum and Conservation Inheritance and Promotion of the Yellow River Culture Seminar." 

Ma Xiaolin, curator of Henan Museum, said that the alliance will strengthen academic research and exchanges to further explore the value of cultural heritage along the Yellow River.

At last, all the members  voted collectively to approve the first batch of candidate units for members of the Yellow River Basin Museum Union, etc.