The 8th Chinese Museums and Relevant Products and Technologies Exposition (MPT Expo) was held at Fuzhou Strait International Conference & Exhibition Center from Nov. 23 to 26. Pingtan made its debut at the MPT Expo, displaying Austronesian archaeological relics and creative cultural artworks to visitors.
New progresses have been made in the construction of International Austronesian Archaeological Research Base. Presently, the restoration and renovation of 16 old stone-houses have been completed, along with some infrastructures of roads in the relics park and the scenic village where the Base is located.
A burial site dating back to the China’s Southern Dynasties 1500 years ago and ruins of the Shang and Zhou Dynasties 3000 years back were uncovered recently in Pingtan, Southeast China’s Fujian Province by the archaeologists of Xiamen University. This is the first time tomb ruins were unearthed in Pingtan.
Pingtan is to build an international model city for heritage protection The 2018 Provincial Infrastructure Archaeology Cooperative Conference for Southern China was held in Pingtan on October 16, bringing together archaeology experts from across 16 provinces in China. The main agenda of the conference is to bring forth opinions on the experiences of infrastructure archaeology and archaeological practices in each provinces for the conservation of Pingtan’s cultural relics and archaeological findings.
The 2018 Cross-Straits Summer Camp for Kid Choirs opened in Pingtan on August 27. Students from cross-straits primary schools visited Liushui Central Primary School to exchange experience, attend interesting courses and enjoy the scenic beauty of Pingtan Island.
Over 20 teachers and students from the Faculty of Archaeology of Xiamen University took the initiative to settle in the International Austronesian Archaeological Research Base, part of the Keqiutou Archaeological Park on September 26 in Pingtan.
A team of archaeologists were conducting a field survey on a newly-found historical site on the morning of July 30 on Pingtan International Tourism Island.Cultural relics dating back to 7000 to 10,000 years ago may be excavated on the site.
The International Research Center for Austronesian Archaeology was launched last November in Pingtan. It managed to attract focus from reporters worldwide. And now, the Keqiutou Park for reproducing the life of Austronesian is to be engineered. More, another park, an undersea museum for exhibiting antiques under the Haitan Straits will be built as well.