Africa-Press – Angola. Angola’s Vice President Esperança da Costa on Monday visited the Chinese Communist Party Museum (CCP) as part of her participation in the 8th Taihu International Culture Conference in that country.
The visit aimed to deepen exchanges with Chinese cultural institutions, particularly in the study and preservation of the history of the Communist Party.
According to the museum’s spokesperson, Zhu Bei Liang, the institution receives between 10,000 and 30,000 visitors daily.
The place was founded in 1920, at the time of its first congress held in July 1921. The Chinese Communist Party considers it an emblematic space.
The first version of the building was constructed in 1952, and it was modernized in 2021, the year it reopened with a renewed museological concept.
The infrastructure hosted the First National Congress of the CCP, held on July 23, 1921, with the participation of thirteen members, including Mao Zedong, a landmark event marking the official functioning of the organization.
The main exhibition hall is 450 square meters and houses revolutionary artifacts, documents, and photographs depicting the evolution of the communist movement in China.
The museum also features a gallery containing wax figures that recreate the scene of the inaugural meeting. It is open to the public from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, with free entry.
The Angolan Minister of Culture, Filipe Zau, who was part of the delegation, considered the visit “extremely important”, highlighting the direct contact with Chinese history.
“The history of a China that is now extremely developed shows its beginnings, how it all started, especially in a period marked by the First and Second World Wars”, he emphasized.
He added that the museum has “very interesting architecture and a modern museological concept”, factors that impressed the Angolan delegation.
“We hope to learn from this experience so that, in the future, we can better develop Angolan museums”, he concluded.
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