5TH INTERNATIONAL INTANGIBLE CULTURAL

HERITAGE PROTECTION FORUM / SHANGHAI, CHINA

ONE MILLION / SPEECH BY ULI AIGNER

9 JUNE 2017

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As an important cultural program of the 12th Chinese Cultural Heritage Day and the participation of Shanghai in the construc-
tion of “The Belt & Road”, the 5th International (Shanghai) Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Forum was held on June 9th
in Shanghai.

The theme of this forum is “Commonality & Difference - the Implementation and Vision of the ICH Convention”, which focuses
on the situation after the implementation of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage by the
UNESCO, deals with new challenges and new opportunities in the field of ICH Protection, discusses the commonality and
difference of methods and ways from all over the world in ICH protection, shares the common issues encountered by different
countries in the field of ICH protection, shares typical experience and practices and brings new inspiration and opportunity for
the development of ICH protection and the cultural exchanges of different countries.

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