The certificate is held in a green patterned fabric folder. The file includes:
- 1 handwritten letter in Chinese from Zhao Feng 趙渢 (Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing) and a business card
- 1 copy typescript letter from Joseph Needham to Zhao Feng acknowledging the award, 28 Nov. 1984
-1 typescript letter from Julia Nightingale (The British Council) to Joseph Needham forwarding the certificate from Zhao Feng, 7 Nov. 1984
- Draft typescript statement of the mission and duties of the Musical Research Institute of the Chinese Aged-Experts Association on Cultural Relics, passed at the inaugural meeting on 10 Oct. 1984.