Members

Chairperson

ZHANG Aiping (Chinese)

Former Director-General, Bureau for External Cultural Relations, Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China

Committees

ZHANG Ling (Ms)(Chinese)

Director, Division of International Organizations, Bureau of International Exchanges and Cooperation, Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People's Republic of China

AIKAWA-FAURE Noriko (Ms)(Japanese)

UNESCO facilitator for Intangible Cultural Heritage

Suzanne OGGE (Ms)(Australian)

UNESCO facilitator for Intangible Cultural Heritage

Alexandra DENES (Ms) (American)

UNESCO facilitator for Intangible Cultural Heritage

ZHU Gang (Chinese)

UNESCO facilitator for Intangible Cultural Heritage

SE Yin ( Chinese)

Professor, China Academy of Social Management/School of Sociology, Beijing Normal University

Sipiriano Dominiko Nemani RANUKU (Fijian)

UNESCO facilitator for Intangible Cultural Heritage; Director, Fiji Museum

Arslan SARUUL (Ms) ( Mongolian )

UNESCO facilitator for Intangible Cultural Heritage

Deirdré PRINS-SOLANI (Ms) ( South African)

UNESCO facilitator for Intangible Cultural Heritage

Former Committee Members:

Wang Xuexian (Chinese)

First Ambassador of Chinese Embassy in the Republic of South Africa; Former Deputy Permanent Representative of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations; Chairperson of the First Extraordinary Session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage, UNESCO

Zou Qishan (Chinese)

Former First Secretary, Permanent Delegation of the People’s Republic of China to UNESCO, Researcher of the Division of Multi-lateral Affairs, Bureau for External Cultural Relations, Ministry of Culture of the People’s Republic of China

Li Xinfeng (Chinese)

Vice President, Party Secretary at Graduate School of Chinese Arts Academy, Researcher of China Art Research Institute

Zhang Xuezhong (Chinese)

Former Representative of the Permanent Delegation of the People’s Republic of China to UNESCO, former Secretary-General of China National Committee for UNESCO

Lan Jing (Chinese)

Deputy Director-General, China Art Science and Technology Institute

Gaura Mancacaritadipura

Expert Advisor to the Deputy Minister for Culture, Ministry of Education and Culture, Indonesia

Henricus Smeets

Facilitator for Intangible Cultural Heritage Certified by UNESCO, former Chief, Intangible Cultural Heritage Section, UNESCO, former First Secretary of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage

Zhang Min (Chinese)

Director, China Cultural Center in Copenhagen; Facilitator for Intangible Cultural Heritage Certified by UNESCO

Luo Wei (Chinese)

Executive Deputy Director-General, China National Center for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage

Ritu Sethi (Indian)

Chairperson of the Craft Revival Trust in India; President of the First Convention for the Consultative Body for the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, UNESCO

WU Xun (Chinese)

Former Minister Counsellor for Culture of the Chinese Embassy in the UK

ZHANG Yafang (Ms)(Chinese)

Vice President &Secretary General, China Intangible Cultural Heritage Safeguarding Association

SU Xu (Chinese)

Former Deputy Director, China Cultural Center in Paris

Paritta Chalermpow KOANANTAKOOL (Ms)(Thai)

UNESCO facilitator for Intangible Cultural Heritage

Rahul GOSWAMI (Indian)

UNESCO facilitator for Intangible Cultural Heritage

Richenel ANSANO (Dutch)

UNESCO facilitator for Intangible Cultural Heritage

GAO Bingzhong

Vice President, China Ethnology Society;

Professor, Institute of Sociology and Anthropology, Department of Sociology, Peking University

Previous Meetings

The First Session of the Advisory Committee of International Training Center for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (August 31, 2012, Beijing)

The Second Session of the Advisory Committee of International Training Center for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (May 29, 2014 Beijing)

The Third Session of the Advisory Committee of International Training Center for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (Jan 27, 2016 Beijing)

The fourth Session of the Advisory Committee of International Training Center for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (Feb 22, 2017 Beijing)

The fifth Session of the Advisory Committee of International Training Center for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (Dec 18, 2018 Beijing)

The sixth Session of the Advisory Committee of International Training Center for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (March 25, 2019)

The seventh Session of the Advisory Committee of International Training Center for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (Jan 13, 2020)

The eighth Session of the Advisory Committee of International Training Center for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (Dec 22, 2021)