Members:

Chairperson

ZHANG Zheng

Vice Minister of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, P. R. China

Committees:

XU Rong

Deputy Director-General, Bureau of International Exchanges and Cooperation, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, P. R. China

Representative

Secretariat of the Chinese National Commission for UNESCO

SHIMATANI Hiroyuki

President, National Institutes for Cultural Heritage in Japan

Yaena LEE

Director of World Heritage Division, Cultural Heritage Administration, Republic of Korea

DUONG Bich Hanh

Programme Specialist for Culture, UNESCO Multisectoral Regional Office for East Asia (UNESCO Beijing)

LIU Hongchang

Vice President of Chinese National Academy of Arts

Wang Chenyang

Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of China Arts and Crafts Museum (China Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum)

Mounir BOUCHENAKI

Advisor to the Director-General of UNESCO for Cultural Heritage

BAMO Qubumo

Vice President, China Folklore Society

Gao Bingzhong

Professor, Institute of Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, Beijing Normal University; Director of Academic Committee, Beijing Normal University

ZHANG Jing

Director-General, International Training Center for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region under the auspices of UNESCO

Former Committee Members:

Wang Wenzhang

President of Chinese National Academy of Arts

Former vice Minister, Ministry of Culture of the People’s Republic of China

Yu Qun

Member of the leading Party group of the State Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People’s Republic of China

Zhang Aiping

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

Pu Tong

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

Zhai Deyu

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

Park Hee-Ung

Director, International Affairs Division, Cultural Heritage Administration, Republic of Korea

Yi Kyung

Hoon Director, International Affairs Division, Cultural Heritage Administration, Republic of Korea

Yang Zhi

Former Director-General, International Training Center for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region under the auspices of UNESCO

Timothy Curtis

Chief of Culture Unit, UNESCO Bangkok Office

Kim Yeonsoo

Director, International Affairs Division, Cultural Heritage Administration, Republic of Korea

Du Yue

Secretary-General, Chinese National Commission for UNESCO

Johei Sasaki

President, National Institution for Cultural Heritage, Japan

Nam Sang-bum

Director of World Heritage Team, Cultural Heritage Administration Republic of Korea

Lv Pintian

Executive Vice President and Researcher, Chinese National Academy of Arts,

Director-General, Graduate School of Chinese National Academy of Arts

CHEN Tong

Director General, Department of Intangible Cultural Heritage, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, P.R.China

Matsumura Keiji

President, Independent Administrative Institution National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, Japan;

Director General, Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties

Dongdae KIM

Director of World Heritage Team, Cultural Heritage Administration Republic of Korea

Sunghee YEO

Director of World Heritage Division, Cultural Heritage Administration Republic of Korea

CHAOGEJIN

Director and Researcher, Member of the Academy, Institute of Ethnic Literature, Chinese Academy of Social Science

Himalchuli GURUNG

Programme Specialist for Culture, UNESCO Office in Beijing

Kyu-yun JUNG

Director of World Heritage Division, Cultural Heritage Administration Republic of Korea

ZHANG Xu

Member of the leadership and Vice Minister of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People’s Republic of China

WEN Rihuan

Professor and Researcher, School of the Chinese Minority Literature and Language, Minzu University of China

Liang Bin

Director-General, International Training Center for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region under the auspices of UNESCO

Previous Meetings:

The First Session of the Governing Board of International Training Center for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (February 22, 2012, Beijing)

The Second Session of the Governing Board of International Training Center for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (June 17, 2013, Chengdu)

The Third Session of the Governing Board of International Training Center for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (May 28, 2014, Beijing)

The Fourth Session of the Governing Board of International Training Center for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (April 31, 2015, Beijing)

The Fifth Session of the Governing Board of International Training Center for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (April 22, 2016, Beijing)

The Sixth Session of the Governing Board of International Training Center for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (Feb 23, 2017, Beijing)

The Seventh Session of the Governing Board of International Training Center for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (Dec 19, 2018, Beijing)

The Eighth Session of the Governing Board of International Training Center for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (March 26, 2019)

The Ninth Session of the Governing Board of International Training Center for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (Jan 14, 2020)

The Tenth Session of the Governing Board of International Training Center for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (April 26, 2021)

The Eleventh Session of the Governing Board of International Training Center for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (April 20, 2022)

The Twelfth Session of the Governing Board of International Training Center for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (April 13, 2023)

The thirteenth Session of the Governing Board of International Training Center for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (May 16, 2024)