Eleven cities in the Yangtze River Basin formed a union for intangible cultural heritage protection at the Intangible Cultural Heritage Exposition of the Yangtze River, China 2015, which ran from Saturday through Tuesday in Wuhan. Union members, including Wuhan, Shanghai and Chongqing, aim to learn from each other's heritage protection experience through exchanges. They will also establish cooperation mechanisms among colleges to train heritage professionals and promote the integration of heritage items and cultural industries.

(Source: China Daily)