Massive government-organized conservation work started in 1950. In 1951, Wan Tongshu and his wife went to Xinjiang to preside over the collection and arrangement of Twelve Muqam music scores, and published the score collection "Twelve Muqam," which laid the foundation for subsequent research and promotion.

Over the years, experts and scholars have made great contributions to the protection and inheritance of Xinjiang Uygur Muqam together with local folk artists.

For its artistic and historical value, Xinjiang Uygur Muqam art was included as one of UNESCO's Masterpieces of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity in 2005, and inscribed formally on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2008.