Peking Opera is "very likely" to be included on the World Intangible Cultural Heritage list this year, the president of the Peking Opera Troupe told METRO yesterday.

Wang Yuzhen, who is also a member of the ongoing third session of 11th Beijing municipal committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Committee, said its inclusion could be completed in the second half of the year.

Jiang Gongmin, head of the Beijing municipal bureau of culture, who is in charge of the application process to the United Nations Educational Scientific and Culture Organization (UNESCO), confirmed the news but refused to give further information.