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Summary All the art galleries, libraries and culture centers at state and provincial level in China are to be free to visitors by the end of this year, according to a national plan jointly released by the Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Finance after the Spring Festival.
Many cultural facilities, including museums and art galleries, are already free to visitors. Others are working out plans to realize the free admission to the public. The Shanghai art gallery, for one, is studying the details of its free-opening policy.Many visitors to the art gallery have expressed their expectations for this and offered their suggestions, like booking for visits to avoid the possible overabundance of visitors due to the free admission. Shanghais libraries and culture centers have already been free to visitors.
