Cultural treasures back home

68件流失英国文物回国

After being abroad for decades, 68 Chinese cultural relics that had been taken to the UK recently were returned to their homeland, thanks to the joint efforts of the two countries, the National Cultural Heritage Administration said at a news conference on Wednesday.

国家文物局11月18日在新闻发布会上表示，得益于中英两国的共同努力，68件流失英国数十年的文物近日回国。

Some of the relics span millennia, dating from the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC) to the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), and they encompass a variety of items, mainly ceramics. They are from a variety of provinces, including Jiangxi, Anhui, Fujian, Henan, Shanxi, Hebei and Guizhou.

这些文物时间跨度达千年，从春秋到清代，质地以陶瓷居多，来自江西、安徽、福建、河南、陕西、河北、贵州等。

Their return brings an end to a quarter-century of efforts for repatriation, said Guan Qiang, deputy director of the administration.

国家文物局副局长关强表示，这批文物的回归，为中国政府持续25年的跨国文物追索行动画上圆满句号。