On October 16, 2025, China's ambassador to the United States, Xi Jinping, on behalf of the Chinese government, received the tiger-shaped relics returned by the representative of the U.S. civil agency, Morris, founder of the art law firm.

Xie Feng expressed his high appreciation and gratitude to the US institutions for taking the initiative to return tiger-shaped plaque cultural relics to China, pointing out that the return of tiger-shaped plaque cultural relics to China can maximize and display their historical, artistic and scientific value, and also add positive factors to Sino-US people-to-people exchanges. China will tell more people the touching story of China and the United States behind the tiger-shaped plaque decorated cultural relics through cultural relics exhibitions and other means, and pass on the friendship between the two peoples. More people of insight are welcome to support and participate in promoting the return of lost cultural relics to their countries of origin, and contribute to enhancing friendship between the Chinese and American peoples and promoting the development of Sino-US relations.

The tiger-shaped brand-decorated cultural relics received this time have typical Erdos bronze artistic style, are important representatives of grassland cultural relics in northern China from the Spring and Autumn Period to the Warring States Period, and are of great significance for studying ancient Chinese grassland culture and ethnic exchanges. This is also the second time that the Chinese Embassy in the United States has successfully received the important cultural relics returned by the United States after receiving the bullet library silk book "Five Elements Order" and "Offensive and Defensive Occupation" returned by the National Museum of Asian Art under the Smithsonian Institution in May this year.