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The First Pingyao China-France Cultural Heritage Conservation Week
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The First Pingyao China-France Cultural Heritage Conservation Week was held in Pingyao, Shanxi province from October 8th to 15th, 2010. This event was jointly organized by WHITRAP Shanghai, College of Architecture and Urban Planning Tongji University, City of Architecture and Heritage/ Observatory of Architecture of Modern China/ Ecole de Chaillot, Shanxi Association of City Planning, and Pingyao Municipal Government, with the support of the French Embassy in Beijing, World Monuments Fund, and Shanghai Tongji Urban Planning and Design Institute.

During that week, centered on the important theme of Heritage Conservation, the organizer held a series of exhibitions, international seminars and work camps, including China-France Symposium on “Heritage Conservation, Cultural Tourism and New Design”, Exhibition on “Workshop Tongji-Chaillot in Liang and Zhaji: Works of Students”, and Workcamp Tongji-Chaillot-China Academy of Art on Earth Architecture. During the event, Chinese and French experts conducted the survey and investigation in Pingyao and had a thorough discussion on the heritage conservation cases in China and France.
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