Through the scholarly efforts of 13 Chinese research institutions such as the Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Relics and Archaeology, a recently published study has uncovered the 100,000 years of evolutionary history of rice.
Led by China s State Administration of Cultural Heritage, 13 departments recently issued a list of recommendations for better enhancing China s technological innovation in the field of cultural relics. According to cultural policy expert Song Weiping, the aim of the recommendations is to