Preservation work is to start at Zhoukoudian, the site of a major archaeological and anthropological find in the 1920's.
Repairs will be carried out to the caves where the remains of Peking Man, an ancient ancestor of humans, were found.
Some 2 million yuan, or US$240,000 is being spent to protect individual places from the elements.
Experts say Beijing's hot-and-cold weather is the biggest risk to fossils.
The long-anticipated blueprint of the Zhoukoudian World Relics Park will also be made public when then repairs begin next Thursday.
(Chinabroadcast.cn July 16, 2004)
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