XI'AN, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese Museums Association said Friday that China's museums received a total 1.1 billion visitors last year, with the number of young visitors showing stable growth.

The free admission policy of Chinese museums has brought a tremendous inflow of people, said Huang Chen, director of the association's social education committee, at the annual meeting in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province.

Huang said a public education platform of museology has been launched to better serve museum-goers in China.