As of 2021, more than 45 percent of all auction houses that were certified for trading cultural relics in China were based in Beijing, followed by Shanghai with a share of 10 percent, and Hangzhou with 6.62 percent. China's art and antique auction sector is highly concentrated in the Beijing-Tianjin area, with auction firms in Beijing and Tianjin generating more than 77 percent of all art and antiques auction revenue in the country in 2021.
Distribution of auction houses certified for trading cultural relics in mainland China in 2021, by city
In mainland China, companies holding cultural relic auctions must be centrally certified by the National Cultural Heritage Administration in Beijing. Permits are not granted to foreign auction houses.
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China Association of Auctioneers. (November 12, 2022). Distribution of auction houses certified for trading cultural relics in mainland China in 2021, by city [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1296736/china-art-and-antique-auction-houses-distribution-by-city/
China Association of Auctioneers. "Distribution of auction houses certified for trading cultural relics in mainland China in 2021, by city." Chart. November 12, 2022. Statista. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1296736/china-art-and-antique-auction-houses-distribution-by-city/
China Association of Auctioneers. (2022). Distribution of auction houses certified for trading cultural relics in mainland China in 2021, by city. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1296736/china-art-and-antique-auction-houses-distribution-by-city/
China Association of Auctioneers. "Distribution of Auction Houses Certified for Trading Cultural Relics in Mainland China in 2021, by City." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 Nov 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1296736/china-art-and-antique-auction-houses-distribution-by-city/
China Association of Auctioneers, Distribution of auction houses certified for trading cultural relics in mainland China in 2021, by city Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1296736/china-art-and-antique-auction-houses-distribution-by-city/ (last visited November 21, 2024)
Distribution of auction houses certified for trading cultural relics in mainland China in 2021, by city [Graph], China Association of Auctioneers, November 12, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1296736/china-art-and-antique-auction-houses-distribution-by-city/
