The A Century of China exhibition has opened featuring 170 artefacts, 100 historical pictures and rarely-seen documentary footage on the Mainland's political, economic, social and cultural transformation over the decades.

Presented by the Leisure & Cultural Services Department in collaboration with the National Museum of China, and organised by the Hong Kong Museum of History, the exhibition will run until January 4 at the Museum of History to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Admission is $20 Thursday to Monday and $10 on Wednesdays. Concessions are available for seniors, students and the disabled.

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Historic record: The Treaty of Tianjin and the Convention of Peking issued in 1860, and a photo of Mao Zedong proclaiming the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949 are two of the items being displayed at the A Century of China exhibition.