Further enhance China's protection of ICH

　　The recommendations require that government play a leading role in the establishment of a coordinated and effective guiding mechanism and extensively involve civil society in the work. The Ministry of Culture, as a focal point, will collaborate with other departments to formulate an Inter-ministerial Joint Committee on China's protection of intangible cultural heritage, which will address major issues in a coordinated way. Experts' advisory institutions and systems of examination and supervision should also be established. The Project of Protecting China's Ethnic and Folk Culture, as an important component of the overall protection agenda, should be carried on in a cumulative manner, gathering experiences for the establishment of a mature system of protection with Chinese characteristics.

　　The recommendations emphasizes that the important role of intangible cultural heritage in the traditional cultural education and patriotic education for the younger generation should be brought into full play. Public cultural institutions at various levels, such as libraries, cultural centers, museums and science and technology museums, should actively engage themselves in the dissemination and exhibition of intangible cultural heritage. Educational departments and schools at various levels and of various kinds need to incorporate into their curriculum the fine intangible cultural heritage representing strong national spirit and folk features. At the same time, media, such as the press, the publishing community, radio, TV and Internet, should be encouraged and supported to publicize knowledge about intangible cultural heritage and its protection, cultivate the public awareness in this regard and help bring about a favorable environment for the protection of intangible cultural heritage.