On February 22, 2017, at the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, RAS, the exhibition Manuscript Treasures of Chinese Culture on the Riverside of the Neva [Рукописные сокровища китайской культуры на берегах Невы] was held. The exhibition was organized as the closing event of the festival The Chinese New Year - A Joyful Holiday on the Shores of the Neva River [Китайский Новый год — веселый праздник на берегах Невы]. The exhibition was attended by the Vice-governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Govorunov and theConsul general of the People's Republic of China Madame Guo Min. PHOTOS The Consul general of the People's Republic of China Madame Guo Min and the Vice-governor of St. Petersburg Alexander N. Govorunov in the Museum of Oriental Studies of the IOM RAS 
The Director of the IOM RAS I.F. Popova shows the honored guests the exhibition 


I.F. Popova, Guo Min, G.D. Grigoriev (the Chairman of the Committee for the external relations of St. Petersburg), A.N. Govorunov, A.S. Maksimov (the Chairman of the Committee for science and higher school), L.V. Golovina (the Counsellor of the Vice-governor of St. Petersburg). 
Consul general of the People's Republic of China Madame Guo Min  Photos by S. Shevelchinskaya |