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Tracing Stolen Antiques
An online platform is launched for cultural relics tracing and protection
 NO. 48 NOVEMBER 30, 2017

China has recently launched an online platform to release information on lost and looted cultural relics, which will make it possible for the public to offer clues to trace such relics. So far, this platform has collected more than 2,200 pieces of information on looted or lost cultural relics in 19 provinces across the country. The involvement of ordinary people will not only greatly help the tracing work, but can also deal a heavy blow to the rampant crimes related to cultural relics. 

According to UNESCO statistics, lost Chinese cultural relics are scattered in more than 200 museums in 47 countries around the world, while private collections of Chinese cultural relics are 10 times larger than the museum collections. How to locate them and get them back to China is a concern for the whole nation. 

The opening of this online platform is a revolutionary change to the methods of tracing lost and looted cultural relics. Big data, the Internet and even mobile phone apps will cast a wide net to trace these relics, supported by the public's efforts. 

The platform will also help awaken the public's awareness of protecting cultural relics. The Law on the Protection of Cultural Relics alone is not enough to protect and preserve China's cultural relics. The public's respect for and awe of cultural relics also matter. 

All information on the platform will be uploaded to Interpol's looted artworks database. So if these relics are found on auction outside China, they can be returned to China in accordance with relevant international conventions. This is also a warning against relic smuggling. 

Setting up the information platform is only the first step. The government will take more measures to recover stolen relics through the platform. 

(This is an edited excerpt of an article published in Guangming Daily on November 21) 

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