From the Art Newspaper (link):
China and Italy have signed a treaty aimed at preventing the looting and illicit export of antiquities.
The agreement was signed in Beijing by Shan Jixiang director of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage and Italian Culture Minister Rocco Buttiglione to mark the launch of the year of Italy in China at the end of January.
Speaking at the ceremony, Shan Jixiang said that the illicit trade in antiquities deserved greater international attention.
