1st LD-Writethru: China pilots comprehensive reforms to energize private collection of cultural relics

SHANGHAI, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- China on Tuesday launched pilot comprehensive reforms on the management of cultural relics owned by individuals in Shanghai, to encourage legal private collection and promote the development of the cultural-relic market.

Noting a rapid development in the private collection of cultural relics in recent years, Liu Yuzhu, head of the National Cultural Heritage Administration, said the trial reforms were conducted to help address key problems that have long fettered the development of the industry through systematic and comprehensive reforms.