UNESCO's 21st Intangible Cultural Heritage Assembly Will Be Held in Xiamen

The 21st UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Assembly is scheduled to be held from November 30 to December 5, 2026, at the Xiamen International Conference Center, and is expected to attract more than 1,500 overseas guests from over 120 countries; more than 90 events will be held during the assembly, and a new batch of the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity will be reviewed and released. On November 13, the assembly's first centralized volunteer training was held at Xiamen University of Technology; the courses comprise 4 modules—general knowledge and awareness, competency improvement, foreign affairs protocols, and practical operations—and adopt a combination of centralized lectures and scenario simulation. Preparations for the assembly have currently entered the volunteer training stage.