The Palace Museum has begun construction on a new museum in Beijing's Haidian District to display more cultural relics to the public.

　　故宫博物馆开始在北京海淀区开始动工建设新的馆区用以展示更多的文物

　　Located in Xiyuhe Village, the new museum compound will cover 62 hectares and have facilities with a total floor area of 102,000 square meters. Exhibition areas, space for cultural relic restoration and warehouses will cover 35,000 square meters, 20,000 square meters and 23,000 square meters respectively. It will also include 9,500 square meters of space for digital mass communications and a 2,500-square-meter visitor service area.

　　地点定在西玉河村，新馆区总覆盖面积为62公顷设备总占地面积为102000平方米.展示区，文物储藏区和仓库的占地面积分别为35000平方米，20000平方米和23000平方米.还会建设9500平方米的数码体验区和2500平方米的客户服务区

　　The new facility for large-scale precious cultural relic exhibitions is expected to welcome three million visitors a year.

　　这一大规模珍贵文物的展览馆预期将每年可迎接300万人次的游客

　　Efforts now are focused on geological and archaeological exploration of the construction site.

　　目前建筑工地的主要工作都聚焦在地址和考古探测阶段

　　Shan Jixiang, curator of the Palace Museum, said the new venue will present a series of exhibitions with distinctive themes and offer visitors a direct view of restoration efforts.

　　故宫博物馆馆长单霁翔称：新的战区将会展现一系列的不同主题的展览并且会给参观者一个最直观的收藏成果展示

　　On completion, it will become an important stop on Beijing's cultural tourism routes, which also include the Old Summer Palace, the Badaling section of the Great Wall and the Ming Dynasty Tombs.

　　在完成建造之后，这将会成为北京文化旅游之行的重要一站，其中也包括老故宫，八达岭长城和明13陵

　　The Palace Museum is also known as the Forbidden City. Its vast imperial collections of paintings, calligraphy, ceramics and antiquities make it one of the most prestigious museums in China and the world. In 1987 it was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site.

　　故宫博物馆也被成为紫禁城.馆内有大量的皇家画作，书法，陶瓷器和古董等藏品让博物馆成为全国乃至于全球最有声望的博物馆之一.在1987年故宫被列入 联合国教科文组织世界文化遗产