Members of China's National People's Congress delegation learn about Tajik civilisation at National Museum

18 September 2026, in Dushanbe, a delegation of the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China, led by the committee's deputy chair Li Jingheng, visited the National Museum of Tajikistan. The visitors were introduced to the thousand-year history and rich culture of the Tajik people.

During the museum tour, the Chinese delegation studied the ancient history and civilisation reflected in the unique monuments of the Great Silk Road. The report says that in ancient times the indigenous peoples of Central Asia, including the ancestors of Tajiks, the Sogdians and the Bactrians, played an important role along this route.