People take a look around a display cabinet showing ancient Chinese booklets during the opening ceremony of the Hong Kong Palace Museum on June 22, 2022. (ANDY CHONG / CHINA DAILY)
The nation’s top museums and cultural institutions have offered 92 internships to university students from Hong Kong and Macao under a long-standing flagship exchange program between the two special administrative regions and the Chinese mainland.
This year’s exchange program kicked off on July 18.
The internships, which will cover the restoration of cultural relics, designing cultural and creative products, planning and promoting exhibitions, as well as cultural and tourism management, are offered by 16 Beijing-based institutions, including the Palace Museum, the National Museum of China, and the China Museum of Science and Technology
The internships, which will cover the restoration of cultural relics, designing cultural and creative products, planning and promoting exhibitions, as well as cultural and tourism management, are offered by 16 Beijing-based institutions, including the Palace Museum, the National Museum of China, and the China Museum of Science and Technology.
ALSO READ: New book seen fostering passion for Chinese history in HKSAR
The month-long internships, offered online and offline, will provide online lectures, e-tours of various museums, and other activities to enrich students’ knowledge about the cultural heritage of these museums.
The program, hosted by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, began in 2005. Thousands of students from the two special administrative regions have been offered internships and exchange opportunities at culture and tourism-related organizations in cities like Beijing and Shanghai.
READ MORE: HK Palace Museum reshapes history with art technology
Curtis Lo contributed to the story.