udy in China, to the investigation and grasping of the cultural condition in China by relating governmental units, as well as to the state strategy of Great Development of Western China. At present, Basic Database of Humanity Environmental Resources of Northwestern China has also been fulfilled, containing 10-million-word written materials, 100-hour video and audio materials, as well as 20-thousand pieces of pictures.
Furthermore, the Secretariat of China Society for Anthropologies of Art----a state 1st-level society under the control of the Ministry of Culture, is also set in our Center. Because of this, the Center also undertakes a lot of administrative organizing works of the Society. In general, the Center is an important academic research unit promoting the development of anthropologies of art in China.