China's State Council designated the second Saturday in June as
the Cultural Heritage Day in the hope of boosting public awareness
of heritage protection in China.
A national committee for cultural relics protection will also be
set up to promote healthy development of cultural relics, reports
the Beijing News.
A circular released by China's State Council recently said
improper or excessive development of heritage sites have threatened
the country's cultural relics.
Some cultural relics have been destroyed due to improper
handling and storage.
A new set of standards and the new national committee are tasked
with avoiding further losses caused by technical mistakes in the
handling of relics, Zhang Bai, deputy director of the State
Administration of Cultural Heritage, was quoted by the paper as
saying.
The State Administration of Cultural Heritage will formulate a
series of rules and standards to manage and protect cultural relics
and create national standards, Zhang said.
(Xinhua News Agency February 10, 2006)
