HAIKOU /China/, December 21. /TASS/. The resort city of Sanya on the southern coast of Hainan Island will hold its 6th International Cultural Industry Fair with the participation of China’s 10 leading museums on December 24-27, the Sanya Daily reported.

According to the newspaper, the participating museums are the Sanxingdui Museum (Southwest Sichuan Province), the Beijing Metropolitan Museum, the Lu Xin House Museum, Palace of Culture of Nationalities and Tsinghua University Art Museum, as well as regional institutions – Henan Province’s State Museums (Central China), Liaoning Provincial Museum and Jilin Museum (northeast), Shaanxi History Museum (north-west) and the Museum of the South China Sea (Hainan). All of these major museums are involved in the preservation, study and exhibition of antiquities.

The organizers noted that the fair will be larger than in past years. Its area will be 33 thousand square meters, visitors will be able to see about 50 thousand exhibits.

Sanya’s International Cultural Industry Fair was first held in 2015 and, since then, it welcomed 542 thousand people from 116 countries, regions and foreign countries free of charge. More than 1.3 thousand companies participated in the annual events. Diplomats from nearly 100 countries have seen the expositions.