BEIJING, July 17 (Xinhua) -- A total of 48 students from Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao started internships at the Palace Museum, also known as the Forbidden City, in Beijing, Tuesday.

The program will last for one and a half months and allow students to get involved in relics restoration, exhibition planning, curation, as well as architectural surveying and mapping.

Students are welcome to take up internships at the museum so as to improve their understanding of cultural heritage protection and museums, said Shan Jixiang, curator of the museum.

In 2017, 30 students from Guangdong and Hong Kong took part in the program.