His Excellency President Dr Irfaan Ali was given a guided tour of the Chengdu Museum in China’s Sichuan province, yesterday.

Established in 1958, Chengdu Museum is by far the largest comprehensive city museum in Southwest China as well as a national first-class museum.

The museum covers an area of about 11,333 square meters with a total floor area of around 65,000 square meters, of which about 20,000 square meters are devoted to exhibitions.