(25th Anniversary of the Return of Hong Kong) The Hong Kong Palace Museum officially opens to the public
China News Service, Hong Kong, July 3. The Hong Kong Palace Museum, the latest cultural and artistic landmark in Hong Kong located in the West Kowloon Cultural District, officially opened to the public on July 3.
Before the opening of the Hong Kong Palace Museum, a lion dance performance was held at the Museum Square to support the celebration.
Director of the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, Yang Runxiong, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Hong Kong Palace Museum, Chen Zhisi, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Hong Kong Palace Museum, Li Cheuk-fan, Chief Executive Officer of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority, Fung Cheng Shuk Yee, and Director of the Hong Kong Palace Museum, Wu Zhihua, presided over the opening ceremony. During the pavilion ceremony, they also welcomed the first visitors with a group of board members and staff.
Yang Runxiong said that the Hong Kong Palace Museum will become a tourist hotspot that tourists from Hong Kong, the mainland and all over the world are eager to visit, which will be very helpful to promote the development of tourism in Hong Kong.
As a very important facility in the West Kowloon Cultural District, it is believed that the opening of the Hong Kong Palace Museum will bring the entire development of the West Kowloon Cultural District to a new level. It is believed that in the future, the Hong Kong Palace Museum can show how Hong Kong can utilize Hong Kong under "One Country, Two Systems". Own unique cultural advantages and tell Chinese stories well.
Chen Zhisi said that the Hong Kong Palace Museum, from project initiation, design, construction to completion in five years, opened on schedule without exceeding the budget, celebrating the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
We are eagerly looking forward to welcoming visitors from Hong Kong, the Mainland and the rest of the world to experience the five thousand years of Chinese civilization.
Feng Cheng Shuyi said that the opening of the Hong Kong Palace Museum will bring visitors a more diverse cultural and artistic experience, which is of great significance to Hong Kong's implementation of the national "14th Five-Year Plan" to support Hong Kong's development as a cultural and artistic exchange center between China and foreign countries.
It is reported that about 140,000 tickets for the four weeks before the opening exhibition of the Hong Kong Palace Museum have been on sale since June 14. The public responded enthusiastically. As of July 2, about 85% of the tickets have been sold, and more than 11,500 free tickets have been reserved. Full.
The Hong Kong Palace Museum also announced that it has received pledged sponsorship from a number of companies and institutions. The 150,000 standard tickets and 64,000 student admission tickets reserved for disadvantaged groups in the first year of its opening will be distributed through charities and schools respectively.
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