2003年12月7日至11日,中国艺术研究院在北京隆重举办为期5天的“中国少数民族艺术遗产保护与当代艺术发展国际学术研讨会”。这是中国艺术研究院继去年12月举 员、国内地方政府和文化遗产保护单位共同参与的少数民族艺术遗产保护与文化发展的国际性学术研讨会.在我国尚属首次举办。中国是一个多民族国家,55个少数民族 From December 7 to December 2003, the China Academy of Art held a grand five-day “International Symposium on the Protection of Art Heritage and the Development of Contemporary Art in China’s Ethnic Minorities” in Beijing. This is the first international symposium organized by the China Academy of Art, which is a member of the Chinese Arts Council and a member of the local government and cultural heritage protection unit in China last December, for the protection and cultural development of the artistic heritage of ethnic minorities. China is a multi-ethnic country with 55 ethnic minorities