On October 20, 2026, the State Information Office held a press conference to introduce the strengthening of cultural heritage protection during the “15th Five-Year Plan” period. Shan Gangxin, director of the Department of Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, explained at the conference that during the “15th Five-Year Plan” period, the focus will be on system construction, improving the protection system for intangible heritage projects and carrying out the second national intangible heritage survey to further ascertain the family base; at the same time, improving the dynamic adjustment mechanism for the list of representative intangible heritage projects to strengthen support and inheritance of projects in urgent need of protection. On the other hand, optimize the cultivation system for non-genetic inheritors, improve the list of representative inheritors of intangible heritage, and improve evaluation and withdrawal mechanisms. At the same time, the training program for non-genetic inheritors in China has been thoroughly implemented, and the cultivation of young inheritors is being strengthened by combining traditional inheritance with modern education, and promoting the spread of the torch and the generation of talents in the field of intangible heritage protection.

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