A few days ago, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage announced the list of the first batch of top ten cases of high-quality development of cultural relics. Shanghai's " Comprehensive Reform of Social Cultural Relics Circulation Management to Unblock the Return Channel of Overseas Cultural Relics " was successfully selected as the " Top Ten Cases of High-quality Development of Cultural Relics " announced by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage .
On November 10 , 2020 , the State Administration of Cultural Heritage and the Shanghai Municipal People's Government signed the "Cooperation Agreement on Jointly Promoting Comprehensive Reform of Social Cultural Relics Management Pilot", and the only systematic reform in the field of social cultural relics in the country was launched in Shanghai . Subsequently, by constructing the " main front " for international participation in the trade of cultural relics and artworks , the " gathering place " for large-scale industries , the " first choice " for market-oriented operations , and the " new high ground " for reform and integration , focus on the bonded display and trading of cultural relics and artworks, and the Expo The "5 piece tax exemption " policy, the construction of the " Shanghai International Cultural Relics and Artworks Trading Center " , the innovative legislation of the Pudong Leading Area, and the "June × N" system for the temporary entry of cultural relics and other system designs have smoothed the return of overseas cultural relics. Lay a solid foundation for the sustainable and high-quality development of social cultural relics protection and utilization.
During the period, in 2021 , the value of cultural relics and artworks imported and exported through the Shanghai International Cultural Relics and Artworks Bonded Service Center in Pudong exceeded 17 billion yuan; Shanghai handled a total of 210 batches of cultural relics entry and exit audits for 7,309 pieces throughout the year, and has become a well-known enterprise at home and abroad. The port of choice for the entry and exit of cultural relics. The duty-free import sales of cultural relics and artworks at the 4th and 5th CIIE reached 760 million yuan and 490 million yuan respectively. Overseas cultural relics went through customs clearance, entry, display, transaction, agency, tax exemption, delivery, and settlement Wait for a whole set of processes to form a replicable experience for the return of more overseas cultural relics.
In March 2022 , in Christie's " Shanghai - London Joint Auction " , Keith van Dongen 's "Woman Wearing a Necklace" created in 1908 was sold for 23.16 million yuan. In August 2022 , the "Several Regulations on the Trading of Cultural Relics and Artworks in Pudong New Area of Shanghai" was approved by the Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress and will come into force on October 1 . The new sites of Christie’s Shanghai Art Space and Shanghai Sotheby’s Space have successively settled on the banks of Huangpu River and Suzhou River. Focusing on the overall strategy of “ concentrating policies, centralizing subjects, concentrating transactions, and concentrating benefits ” , Shanghai has become an important stop for international cultural relics and art transactions.
Relying on the institutional innovation of Pudong legislation on cultural relics and artworks, the practical innovation of social cultural relics reform pilots, and the superposition and linkage effect of the "5 tax exemption " policy of the CIIE, the Shanghai Free Trade Zone has formed a convenient and efficient entry and exit channel for cultural relics and artworks. Among them, the Shanghai International Cultural Relics and Works of Art Bonded Service Center in the Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone has played an important role.
The service center has the largest art bonded warehouse in the world at present, and the professional art storage level and storage volume in the warehouse are among the top in the country. At the same time, the Shanghai Free Trade Zone Acceptance Point of the National Cultural Relics import and Export Review Shanghai Management Office and the Customs Remote Inspection Station have been set up in the warehouse area of the Bonded Service Center, which facilitates the review and inspection work and greatly improves the efficiency of cultural relics and artworks entering and leaving the country. Data show that in 2022 , Shanghai Free Trade Cultural Investment will accumulatively operate 6,320 pieces (sets) of cultural relics and artworks into and out of the country, with a total value of about 11 billion yuan.
