The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Wednesday inscribed Spring Festival – social practices of the Chinese people in celebration of the traditional new year – on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. China's Vice Minister of Culture and Tourism Rao Quan, who led the Chinese delegation at the UNESCO session, expressed gratitude for the recognition. Rao also stressed that China will continue to earnestly fulfill the "Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage," constantly enhancing the systematic protection level of intangible cultural heritage.