The handover ceremony for Britain to return 12 pieces of lost cultural relics and works of art to China was held at the Chinese Embassy in the UK on September 23. The 12 pieces of cultural relics and works of art returned by the UK this time were seized by the London Police during the handling of the case. Both China and the United Kingdom are parties to the UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property. Under the framework of the Convention, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage successfully returned these cultural relics and works of art through collaboration with the British side through the Chinese Embassy in the UK. *Xinhua News Agency

The handover ceremony for Britain to return 12 pieces of lost cultural relics and works of art to China was held at the Chinese Embassy in the UK on September 23. The 12 pieces of cultural relics and works of art returned by the UK this time were seized by the London Police during the handling of the case. Both China and the United Kingdom are parties to the UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property. Under the framework of the Convention, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage successfully returned these cultural relics and works of art through collaboration with the British side through the Chinese Embassy in the UK. *Xinhua News Agency