Hubei establishes a vice-ministerial-level institution independently.

According to the information released by "Wuhan Official News", it was learned from the joint meeting of the Hubei Province Cultural Heritage Protection and Inheritance Work Joint Meeting and the second meeting of the national cultural relics census leadership group held on December 11 that, based on relevant approvals from the Central Compilation and Editing Office and the Hubei Provincial Party Committee Compilation and Editing Commission, it was agreed to establish the Hubei Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau as a separate institution under the management of the Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, with a deputy department-level status. The Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism will no longer have the name of the Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau displayed.