Switzerland officially returns five losses of cultural relic art to China.
According to China CCTV News, with the authorization of the State Administration of Cultural Relics of China, the Chinese Ambassador to Switzerland Wang Shiting attended the return ceremony of the Chinese loss of cultural relics artwork on Thursday (August 24), signed a return agreement with the Swiss side, and received it.Five pieces of cultural relic art.
It is reported that the cultural relic arts returned this time are four ceramics and a coin, which have certain historical and artistic value.The search and confiscated in the four criminal cases of Ticino.Since December 2022, the State Administration of Cultural Relics has worked closely with the Chinese Embassy in Switzerland, and successfully promoted the return of the cultural relics with the cooperation of the Swiss functional department.
Wang Shiting said in his speech that the return of the cultural relics fully reflects the common willingness to strengthen cooperation in the protection of cultural heritage in China and Switzerland.The role also has demonstration of the global global crackdown on the smuggling of cultural relics, protecting the safety of cultural relics, and expanding intergovernmental cooperation.China is willing to carry out broader cooperation with Switzerland in the fields of cultural relics pursuit, research, joint archeology, monument repair, and museum exchanges.
It is reported that this time, after the return of a Chinese pottery figurine in December 2014, Switzerland returned cultural relics artworks for the second time.