Exhibitors selling artworks, collections, and antiquities could enjoy an exemption from import tariffs, import value-added tax, and consumption tax within 5 pieces.

"I'm sure once it opens, the international flights with China will resume and Chinese tourists will be back," Pololikashvili told Xinhua during a tour with Egyptian Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, Khaled al-Anany, at the construction site of Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza.

Egypt is one of the best attractions for thousands of Chinese," Deputy Minister of Tourism and Antiquities for Tourism Affairs, Ghada Shalaby, told Xinhua.

"Following the imposition of the agreement between the US and China in 2009, the domestic Chinese market for Chinese art and antiquities grew 500 percent.

Therefore, it is only reasonable to believe that any further restrictions on US market access to Chinese art and antiquities would be of benefit to China and Chinese art businesses, and not to the US or any of its art market participants," she wrote.