The evaluation of the sixth batch of national intangible heritage inheritors is under way, and 1407 people have been recommended.

　　The Ministry of Culture and Tourism announced at the media briefing held this morning (28th) that the evaluation of the sixth batch of national intangible heritage inheritors has entered the evaluation process.

　　In order to strengthen the echelon construction of representative inheritors of intangible cultural heritage, improve the inheritance system of intangible cultural heritage protection, and enhance the continuity of intangible cultural heritage, the general office of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism issued the Notice on Carrying out the Recommendation and Declaration of the Sixth Batch of Representative Inheritors of National Intangible Cultural Heritage in May 2022, and officially started the identification of a new batch of representative inheritors of national intangible cultural heritage.

　　According to the relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, in the recommendation and declaration process, attention should be paid to the representativeness and leadership of the applicants, to grasping the characteristics of relevant non-legacy projects, and to adjusting the age structure of the national non-legacy representative inheritors. In addition, in order to strictly review the procedure, an online defense link was added at the review stage for the first time. At present, 1,407 people have been recommended by provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, relevant central and state organs, and the review of application materials, determination of review rules and establishment of expert database have been completed, and the review is currently under way.

　　(CCTV reporter Cao Yan Han Wenzhao)