Beijing Cultural Heritage Protection Center (CHP) is an independent Chinese NGO who supports communities to protect their cultural heritage throughout China. The target groups of CHP are children, university students, artists and architects, lawyers, tourism industry representatives, journalists, community leaders, and government bureaucrats and leaders, who are active in public education, cultural heritage protection of minorities and media mobilization.

CHP believes that people who respect their culture and have a sense of community are more likely to exercise their cultural rights, and through exercising these rights achieve a higher personal happiness and civic consciousness.

The discussion will illustrate CHP’s difficult ten year establishment process, and its efforts to become a central advocate of civil society.

PARTNER:

Beijing Cultural Heritage Protection Center (CHP)

ABOUT OUR GUEST:

He Shuzhong:

Sponsor of CHP and legal expert in the field of cultural heritage

Wang Jun:

Senior reporter of Xinhua News Agency, Newsweek editor of Outlook Weekly, and author of Cities.

Wang Hui:

Architect (Today Art Museum, Beijing 798 Art District planning, Mima and other architectural design) and established Wang Hui Limited Design Studio in Beijing in 2006.