The destruction of a section of the Great Wall for the purpose of constructing a factory on the site in Shaanxi Province has triggered public furor, Xinhua reported.

The demolished section of the wall located near the village of Wujialing in the city of Yulin attracted attention after an Internet user by the name of "jixuelu" wrote about her observations of the site on Sina Weibo. The post called for people to condemn the act with a photo showing a bulldozer is standing under a weathered tower on the wall.

Other Internet users demanded that people in charge of the project be held criminally liable and officials be punished.

Zhu Jianping, a private entrepreneur who leased the land from the village to build the factory in question, said the section of the wall had been damaged years before the new construction began.

He also said the project had been suspended for a month after failing to receive a construction permit from urban construction authorities.

Dai Feng, a local relic official, said that farmers took clay from the wall in the 1960s and 70s to make bricks at a local brick factory. After the brick plant went bankrupt, the village leased the land to a driving school until last year.

Dai said the relic management bureau issued a circular on Wednesday calling for the relocation of Zhu's plant.

(China.org.cn May 21, 2012)

據新華社報道，陜西省毀壞長城在原址上修建工廠的做法引發了眾怒。

榆林市吳家梁村附近的一段長城被拆一事是網友“積雪廬”在微博上發帖后才引發關注的。這個帖子還附有一張推土機停在受風化的烽火臺下的照片，并呼吁網友譴責這種行為。

一些網友要求負責該工程的人被追究刑事責任，官員受到懲罰。

租地建設工廠的私營業主朱建平說，這段長城在施工數年前就被毀了。

他還說，由于城市建設管理部門沒下發建筑許可證，該工程暫停了一個月。

當地的一名文物管理官員代鋒說，在20世紀60、70年代時農民從墻上取土在當地的一家磚廠造磚。磚廠倒閉后，村里把地租給了一所駕校，一直租到去年。

代鋒說，周三文物管理局下達通知，要求朱建平的廠移址。