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Origin of Chinese Civilization Project (Chinese: 中华文明探源工程) is a project which is a successor of Xia–Shang–Zhou Chronology Project (夏商周断代工程), and one of the large-scale researches on non-specialised ancient history conducted by Chinese Government. The main purpose of this project is to trace the origin of Chinese Civilization. This research was incorporated into the Tenth Five-Year Plan of China in 2002, started officially as '中华文明探源工程 ' in 2004, and the result of this research was announced in 2018.

Before The Project
In the legendary Chinese history, it is said that Chinese Civilization was made by two emperors, Shennong (神农) and Yellow Emperor (黄帝), and after that, Chinese Civilization has a history of 5000 years, but Shennong, Yellow Emperor, Shun (舜), and Yu (禹) are legendaly, therefore it is far from the actual history. It is not certain that Xia dynasty had existed, and except the Xia, Chinese Civilization has a history of only 3500 years. But because archaeology was developed in China, a large quantity of historical materials of early Chinese Civilization were found in 1920's and a lot of supporting evidences were found in 1980's, so archaeologists were certain of existence of the Xia. It is also thought that some of the legend of Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors was based on the development of the society in those days. The purpose of Origin of Chinese Civilization Project was to go back before the age which was researched in Xia–Shang–Zhou Chronology Project to trace the origin of Chinese Civilization, and the researches were continued until 2018.

Progress of The Project
The preceding research of Origin of Chinese Civilization Project was conducted in 2002–2003, when Origin of Chinese Civilization Project had not been started officially.