The Archive · 1938

China's Exhibits

Vice-Minister F. Chin, a Harvard graduate, who is head of the Standing Committee, is the moving spirit of the participation commission. He spares no time and effort to make this event an exhibit of China's spirit as well as her products. Working under him are a number of division chiefs of the Ministry of Economics Affairs and technical and publicity expert:

To facilitate the collection of exhibits, the commission has established branch offices -in Shanghai, Kunming, Hankow, Hongkong, and Chungking. These offices will be responsible both for the collection of exhibits and for the dissemination of information to the public, The exhibits that are going to be sent are roughly classed under nine categories, namely: (1) Science, (2) Arts, (3) Industry, (4) Communication, (5) Building and Construction, (6) Education, (7) Medicine, Drugs, and Public Health, (8) Special Products, (9) Unusual Exhibits. It is expected that some of these exhibits will represent to the world the highest expression of China's culture and art.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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