On June 11, under the guidance of the Department of Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the results of the 2021 "China Intangible Cultural Heritage Person of the Year" selection and publicity campaign were officially announced. Qi Baoligao, the national representative inheritor of the national intangible cultural heritage representative project "Mongolian Matouqin Music" in our district, won this honor.

Inner Mongolia Art Research Institute (Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center) submitted 5 representative inheritors, intangible cultural heritage managers and intangible cultural heritage disseminators to Guangming based on the selection of 11 candidates recommended by all leagues and cities in the region. network. The organizing committee, based on the voting and online comments of the Guangming Daily Intangible Cultural Heritage Dissemination Expert Committee, finally selected 10 iconic figures who can represent the current achievements of my country's intangible cultural heritage protection and development among the candidates for "Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Year" recommended by all parts of the country.

The national representative inheritor Qi Baoligao (born in 1944) is a master of matouqin art, an outstanding performer, composer and educator. Now he is the president of the Chinese Matouqin Society, the founder and head of the Qi Baoligao Wild Horse Matouqin Orchestra, the dean of the Xizhi Qi Baoligao International Matouqin Academy, the secretary of the Party Committee and the principal of the Yijinhuoluo Qi Baoligao International Matouqin Music School, etc. .