On November 28, 2012, China’s largest meteorite museum opened at the Changzhou Hengshan Museum. Established jointly by the China Meteorite Collectors Association, Jiangsu Qingqi Yayuan Cultural Industry Development Co., Ltd., and the Changzhou Hengshan Museum, the meteorite museum aims to create a platform for meteorite enthusiasts that integrates collection, exhibition, exchange, and scientific research. A total of 457 exhibits were on display for the first time.

On the same day, the Jiangsu Province Meteorite Collectors Association was established here. An exhibition of calligraphy and paintings by Mr. Wang Guozhen, one of China’s most influential contemporary poets, calligraphers, and musicians, opened.

   Xu Ying, Member of the Standing Committee of the Changzhou Municipal Party Committee and Director of the Publicity Department; Cha Yan, Member of the Standing Committee of the Wujin District Party Committee and Director of the United Front Work Department; Zhou Xiaodong, Deputy Director of the Changzhou Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television, and Press; Wang Hanlin, Deputy Director of the Wujin District People’s Congress; Fei Ye, Mayor of Hengshanqiao Town; and other government officials, as well as Xu Shutao, President of the China Meteorite Collectors Association; Song Chengyu, President of the Changzhou Ornamental Stone Association; renowned calligrapher and painter Wang Guozhen; and Li Qiming, Director of the Hengshan Museum, attended the opening ceremony. More than 200 representatives from Shanghai, Guangxi, Shandong, Xinjiang, Gansu, Zhejiang, and Jiangsu attended the event.

Members of the Podium at the Event's Opening Ceremony

Remarks by Li Qiming, Director of the Hengshan Museum in Changzhou

Remarks by Mr. Wang Guozhen

Remarks by Xu Shutao, President of the China Meteorite Collectors Association

Xu Ying, Member of the Standing Committee of the Changzhou Municipal Party Committee and Head of the Publicity Department, and other officials visited the meteorite exhibition

Leaders are admiring Mr. Wang Guozhen's calligraphy and paintings

Star Friends Tour a Meteorite Exhibition and Give Interviews