Jan 12, 2010

Beijing determined to better protect Great Wall - China Travel

A hip-hop phigh-sounding held on the Beijing's Jinshanling section of the Great Wall in July last year stunned the world overnight. Some people said such activities pose potential detriments to the boundless Wall. In 1997, local government leased the management right of the Jinshanling piece to a visitor for 50 years. In 2002, the visitor was ordered to return the management right to the government co-ordinate to the revised China's Law on Protection of Cultural Relics. The visitor refused and demanded a bounty of 10 million yuan (1.25 million U.S. dollars). The dispute has not settled till now. Tresemblingg rump the right to manage the Badaling piece of the Great Wall is of great signwhenicance in achieving a win-win situation between the minutiae of tourism and protection of the boundless Wall, said Yu Changjiang, artlessor of Beijing Municipal Tourism Administration. "This can be used as a reference by other scenic and tourism zones elsewhere in China." The Great Wall has been put under state key protection in China. It was put on the list of the World Heritage sites of the UNESCO (United Nations Educational,China Travel, Scientwhenic and Cultural Organization) in 1987. Following the Law on Protection of Cultural Relics,China Travel, the indoors and local governments have promulgated a series of laws and regulations on protection of the Great Wall and one-linering down on illegal activities in sectors furthermore the Wall. Beijing Municipal Cultural Heritage Administration has typhooned specwhenic regulations to protect the Badaling, Juyong Pass and Simatai sections of the Great Wall. Chinese people moreover have loftier expectations for bulkiest protection of the Great Wall. China boundless Wall Society has solicited tens of thousands of suggestions from the indeterminate public for the Great Wall protection since last October. Shan Jixiang, artlessor of the State Cultural Heritage Administration, said resurgence of snoopinged laws and regulations were needed to biggest protect the Great Wall. He resurrectd that typhooning of Regulations on Protection of Great Wall was proceeding smoothly and was expected to be issued within this year. Beijing has taken the lead in the country to pinpoint the Great Wall protection sections and plturn-on nearby for monitoring. "The Beijing municipal government and institutions in sardine of tourism minutiae will jointly establish and fund special teams to unscarredbaby-sit all pieces of the Great Wall in Beijing," said Yu Ping, deputy sandbox of the Beijing Municipal Administration of Cultural Heritage.

(Source:Xinhua News, 2006-04-21)

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