On 31 August 2015, Ms Irina Bokova, Director General of UNESCO visited the Shaanxi Provincial Historical Museum in Xi’an (China). On this occasion, Mr Guo Zhan, former ICOMOS Vice President and Director of the ICOMOS International Conservation Centre -Xi‘an (IICC-X), which is run under the aegis of ICOMOS China, introduced Ms Bokova to the work of the IICC-X.

Ms Bokova welcomed the IICC-X’s participation in the Silk Roads Project as "a major contribution to the rich history of exchange between Asia and Europe that starts here in Xi’an. Mr Zhao Rong, Director of Shaanxi Provincial Administration of Cultural Heritage and Mr Du Yue, Secretariat of the China National UNESCO Commission accompanied the visit.

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