Firstly, there was the huge donation of ￡ 1.25m given by the Hong Kong entrepreneur, T.T. Tsui, the highest amount ever donated to the museum. Then there was the fact that the new plan embodied the museum's policy of departure from its traditional curator-led policy.
首先，在向以藝術贊助為務、為做的大英傳統下，中國館由華商徐展堂慨捐一百廿五萬英鎊而建，且創下該院藝術贊助最高額。