Xi stresses preserving, studying ancient bamboo slips

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President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, visits a museum to learn about efforts to enhance the protection, research and use of cultural relics in Yunmeng county of Xiaogan, Central China's Hubei province, Nov 4, 2024. Xi inspected the cities of Xiaogan and Xianning, Central China's Hubei province, from Monday afternoon to Tuesday morning. [Photo/Xinhua]
WUHAN -- Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, has stressed sound protection of and in-depth research on ancient bamboo and wooden slips.

Xi made the remarks during his visit to an exhibition featuring slips dating back to the Qin Dynasty (221-207 BC) and the Han Dynasty (202 BC-220 AD) at a museum in Yunmeng county, Central China's Hubei province, on Monday afternoon.