The Palace Museum has plans to open several previously closed parts of Beijing’s Forbidden City to the public, expanding the percentage of visitable areas from 65 percent to 76 percent this year, and then on to 85 percent in the future, a museum representative told the Xinhua News Agency.
从故宫博物院获悉，今年年内，北京紫禁城将新开放一些此前一直封闭的区域，现有开放面积将从65%增至76%。未来故宫还会继续增加开放面积，有望达到85%，故宫博物院一位工作人员告诉新华社。
According to a report from Xinhua, three areas of the Forbidden City will be opened to the public, including the pathways between the Duanhong Bridge and Longzong Gate, and the Archery Pavilion and the Hall of Literary Glory, as well as the Western Canal Street.
据新华社报道，新开放的三个区域包括断虹桥至隆宗门、箭亭至文华殿和西河沿三个区域。
"We are making adjustments to the functions these heritage buildings perform," Shan Jixiang, curator of the Palace Museum, told Xinhua.
故宫博物院院长单霁翔表示：“这些文物建筑的功能区划正在进行调整。”
According to Shan, the museum will gradually relocate administrative and scientific research departments to outside the surrounding red wall of the Forbidden City to make the historic buildings these departments occupied accessible to the public. For instance, the buildings that once held the technology and cultural relic protection departments will be refurbished into a gallery that will also be gradually opened to scholars and the general public.
单院长介绍说，目前正在逐步把故宫红墙里面的行政和科研单位，全部搬出红墙，把红墙内的殿宇还给公众。比如，将文物科技保护用房翻新成为文物科技保护长廊，逐渐向专家学者以及社会公众开放。
When renovation began in 2002, areas open to the public only accounted for 30 percent of the Forbidden City’s total area, Shan explained. By last year, this rose to 65 percent.
他解释说，2002年，古建筑开始修缮的时候，故宫的开放面积只占紫禁城的30%；到去年（故宫建院90周年）故宫开放面积已达65%。
"We’ve reported to the State Council our plans to expand public areas to 80 percent by 2020, which means we can reach 85 percent for the centennial celebration in 2025," Shan said.
“我们上报国务院的计划是，到2020年，故宫开放区域达到80%；2025年，故宫博物院将迎来百年院庆，届时开放空间有望达到85%。”单院长说。
According to reports, construction of a building is underway in an area north of the Forbidden City that will help solve the museum’s lack of space to restore and repair cultural relics and displays.
据了解，正在建设中的的故宫博物院北院区，将有力改善目前故宫博物院文物修复和展览等空间的不足。
The 62.01-hectare area will be dedicated to the restoration of cultural relics such as furniture, carpets and huge paintings that have long been hidden from the public due to limited showcase space.
总用地规模达62.01公顷的北院区，最主要的功能是文物保护修复中心,旨在解决故宫博物院家具、地毯、巨幅绘画等大量大型珍贵文物因场地局限而长期无法展示给公众的问题。
An average of 80,000 people visit the museum daily.
故宫博物院平均每天的参观量为8万人次。
（来源：沪江英语）
