Yunnan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology

The Yunnan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology was established in 1959 (then known as the Yunnan Provincial Cultural Relics Task Force). It is the only institution in Yunnan with archaeological excavation qualifications and Grade A qualifications for the survey and design of cultural relics protection projects. It mainly undertakes the archaeological investigation, exploration, excavation and research of cultural relics in Yunnan Province, as well as the survey and design, technical consulting, scientific and technological protection, supervision and evaluation of ground cultural relics protection projects, and provides business guidance on the cultural relics work of all states (cities) and counties (districts) in the province. At the same time, it actively carries out for Southeast Asian and South Asian countries the archaeological work of cultural relics.