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The number of museums registered in China reached 4,165 in 2013, up 299 from the previous year, according to figures released on Sunday, International Museum Day. Li Xiaojie, head of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, pointed to the increasing privatization of China's museums. Of the museums, 811, or about 19.4 percent, are not State-owned, compared with 16.7 percent in 2012, Li said at a ceremony to mark the celebration at Nanjing Museum in Jiangsu province.
(China Daily USA 05/19/2014 page3)
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