China'sDeputyMinisterofCultureandTourismandheadoftheNationalCulturalHeritageAdministrationLiQun(2ndR)andMatthewBogdanos(2ndL),chiefoftheAntiquitiesTraffickingUnitoftheManhattanDistrictAttorney'sOffice,signdocumentsatahandoverceremonyofreturnedChineseculturalobjectsattheChineseConsulateGeneralinNewYork,theUnitedStates,onApril17,2024.TheU.S.sidereturned38piecesofChineseculturalobjectstotheChinesesideonWednesday.(Xinhua/LiRui)NEWYORK,April17(Xinhua)--TheU.S.sidereturned38piecesofChineseculturalobjectstotheChinesesideonWednesday.AtahandoverceremonyattheChineseConsulateGeneralinNewYork,theManhattanDistrictAttorney'sOfficehandedovertheculturalobjectstoadelegationfromChina'sNationalCulturalHeritageAdministration.ChinaandtheUnitedStatessignedamemorandumofunderstandingthataimstopreventtheillegalimportationofChineseculturalartifactsintotheUnitedStatesinJanuary2009.Itsvalidityhasbeenextendedforthethirdtime,startingfromJanuary14thisyear.ReturnedChineseculturalobjectsareseenatahandoverceremonyattheChineseConsulateGeneralinNewYork,theUnitedStates,onApril17,2024.TheU.S.sidereturned38piecesofChineseculturalobjectstotheChinesesideonWednesday.(Xinhua/LiRui)ReturnedChineseculturalobjectsareseenatahandoverceremonyattheChineseConsulateGeneralinNewYork,theUnitedStates,onApril17,2024.TheU.S.sidereturned38piecesofChineseculturalobjectstotheChinesesideonWednesday.(Xinhua/LiRui)China'sDeputyMinisterofCultureandTourismandheadoftheNationalCulturalHeritageAdministrationLiQun(R)shakeshandswithMatthewBogdanos,chiefoftheAntiquitiesTraffickingUnitoftheManhattanDistrictAttorney'sOffice,atahandoverceremonyofreturnedChineseculturalobjectsattheChineseConsulateGeneralinNewYork,theUnitedStates,onApril17,2024.TheU.S.sidereturned38piecesofChineseculturalobjectstotheChinesesideonWednesday.(Xinhua/LiRui)StaffmemberschecktheconditionofreturnedChineseculturalobjectsatahandoverceremonyattheChineseConsulateGeneralinNewYork,theUnitedStates,onApril17,2024.TheU.S.sidereturned38piecesofChineseculturalobjectstotheChinesesideonWednesday.(Xinhua/LiRui)China'sDeputyMinisterofCultureandTourismandheadoftheNationalCulturalHeritageAdministrationLiQun(2ndR)andMatthewBogdanos(2ndL),chiefoftheAntiquitiesTraffickingUnitoftheManhattanDistrictAttorney'sOffice,signdocumentsatahandoverceremonyofreturnedChineseculturalobjectsattheChineseConsulateGeneralinNewYork,theUnitedStates,onApril17,2024.TheU.S.sidereturned38piecesofChineseculturalobjectstotheChinesesideonWednesday.(Xinhua/LiRui)China'sDeputyMinisterofCultureandTourismandheadoftheNationalCulturalHeritageAdministrationLiQun(R)andMatthewBogdanos,chiefoftheAntiquitiesTraffickingUnitoftheManhattanDistrictAttorney'sOffice,attendahandoverceremonyofreturnedChineseculturalobjectsattheChineseConsulateGeneralinNewYork,theUnitedStates,onApril17,2024.TheU.S.sidereturned38piecesofChineseculturalobjectstotheChinesesideonWednesday.(Xinhua/LiRui)StaffmemberschecktheconditionofreturnedChineseculturalobjectsatahandoverceremonyattheChineseConsulateGeneralinNewYork,theUnitedStates,onApril17,2024.TheU.S.sidereturned38piecesofChineseculturalobjectstotheChinesesideonWednesday.(Xinhua/LiRui)Editor:DisclaimerTheviewsandopinionsexpressedinthisarticlearethoseoftheauthor's,GMW.cnmakesnorepresentationsastoaccuracy,suitability,orvalidityofanyinformationonthissiteandwillnotbeliableforanyerrors,omissions,ordelaysinthisinformation.