The Shanghai Conservatory of Music (SCM), founded in 1949, is an institution of higher education under the Ministry of Culture.
The Sichuan Conservatory of Music's predecessor is the Sichuan Opera and Music Experimental School, whose history dates back to 1939. The school changed its name toSouthwestMusicalTechnicalSchoolin 1952, and has used its current name since 1959.
Founded in 1958, the Tianjin Conservatory of Music was then called Hebei Conservatory of Music. It was set up on the base left behind by the Central Conservatory of Music when it moved fromTianjintoBeijing. The current president of the conservatory is Yao Shengchang, who succeeded the former president, Miao Tianrui.
The forerunner of the Beijing Contemporary Music Academy is the Beijing Folk Music Training Center, which was founded in April 1993. In June 1996, theBeijingModernMusicalAcademywas set up via an admission from the Education Committee of Beijing.
The Information Center is the public institution directly under the guidance of the Ministry of Culture.It has 6 sections: Offices of General Affairs, Information, Web Media, Data, Technical Support and Supervision.
The tasks for this department are: formulate the intangible cultural heritage protection policy and draft related regulations; formulate planning project for national intangible cultural heritage protection...
Cai Wu, the Secretary of CPC Group, is the Minister of Culture.He graduated in international politics from the elite Peking University and has a doctorate in law. He began his career as a lecturer at his alma mater before being transferred to the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Youth League...
As an institution directly under the Ministry of Culture, the bureau is a legal entity and makes independent accounting. Its task is to be in charge of the guarantee of logistics service of the ministry, some administrative work entrusted by the ministry...