A survey about Ru porcelain was conducted by a delegation led by Wang Fulin, deputy head of the intangible cultural heritages department of the Ministry of Culture.

Ruzhou has 61 Ru porcelain enterprises and research institutions now. Its annual output is more than two million pieces valued over 200 million yuan ($32.84 million).

Ru porcelain products, both of traditional moulds and new developed items, are exported to more than 30 countries and regions.

In order to boost Ru porcelain culture and Ruzhou's culture and history, a Ru porcelain industry park is under construction in Ruzhou now, in addition, a cultural industry park comprising of Ru porcelain exhibition, teaching, judging and tourism will also play an active role in promoting Ru porcelain industry.

Ru porcelain was significant in Chinese porcelain history, said Wang, after visiting the Ru Porcelain Museum.

He hopes Ruzhou will collect and protect Ru porcelain's firing techniques and the inheritors' documents and strengthen the theoretical research on intangible cultural heritage protection. He also urged an all-round retrievable protection of Ruzhou's intangible cultural heritages.

Edited by Nigel