On April 8, the Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism held the 2022 Provincial Conference on the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Hangzhou. The meeting reviewed and summarized the work in 2021, studied and deployed the key tasks in 2022 and the next period, and further promoted the construction of a strong province of intangible cultural heritage.
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Ye Jing, deputy director of the Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism and a member of the Party Leadership Group, attended the meeting and delivered a speech. Six units, including Linping District, Xiangshan County, Wenzhou City, Haiyan County, Jinhua City and Lishui City, made exchange speeches; The Intangible Cultural Heritage Office of the Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism provided special training on the creation of traditional craft workstations and intangible cultural heritage workshops.
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The meeting held that in recent years, under the strong leadership of the provincial party committee and the provincial government, the protection of intangible cultural heritage in our province has achieved fruitful results, greatly improved the overall level, created many experiences and practices that have influence in the country, and the protection of intangible cultural heritage has taken the lead in the country. The meeting made it clear that we should adhere to the working principle of “protection first, rescue first, rational utilization, inheritance and development”, take the theme of “awakening memory, activating intangible cultural heritage, deep integration, and accelerating development”, take digital reform as the starting point, deeply implement the intangible cultural heritage inheritance and development project, and promote the transformation of intangible cultural heritage protection from quantity and scale to quality and efficiency, and focus on rescue protection to innovation and integration development, Actively build a protection and inheritance system of intangible cultural heritage with Zhejiang characteristics, constantly meet the people’s needs for a better life, and provide strong support for Zhejiang to strive to become a leading province in socialist modernization and a high-quality development demonstration area for common prosperity.
The meeting stressed that to promote the construction of a strong province of intangible cultural heritage, the key is to build five systems.
First, we should speed up the construction of a directory protection system and focus on consolidating the foundation for intangible cultural heritage protection. We should improve the construction of the directory system, strengthen project performance, and accelerate the digital reform of intangible cultural heritage.
Second, we should accelerate the construction of the inheritance and development system, and focus on promoting the revitalization and development of projects. We should promote the high-quality development of traditional crafts, promote the inheritance and development of intangible cultural heritage projects related to performing arts, promote the revitalization of traditional festivals, and promote theoretical research on intangible cultural heritage.
Third, we should speed up the construction of the communication and popularization system, and strive to promote the era value of intangible cultural heritage. We should pay attention to the construction of inheritance and experience facilities, the construction of intangible cultural heritage communication positions, the cultivation of communication activity brands, the expansion of Internet communication, and external communication.
Fourth, we should accelerate the construction of an integrated innovation system and focus on serving economic and social development. It is necessary to promote the regional overall protection, promote the relevant pilot projects of intangible cultural heritage for development, promote the integration and service of major strategies, promote the economic development with intangible cultural heritage characteristics, and promote the integration of intangible cultural heritage and education.
Fifthly, we should accelerate the construction of the organizational leadership system and focus on promoting the high-quality development of intangible cultural heritage. We should establish a safeguard mechanism, adhere to innovative development, build an organizational system, and strengthen team building.
The meeting was held in video format. All cadres of the Department’s Intangible Cultural Heritage Division, members of the provincial Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center (Hall) team and middle-level cadres, relevant responsible comrades of colleges and universities participating in the research and training program in our province, responsible comrades of Hangzhou City and its county (city, district) Cultural and Tourism Administration, major responsible comrades of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Division (Section), director of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center, etc. attended the meeting in the main venue. Other comrades in charge of the culture and tourism bureaus of cities and counties (cities and districts), the major comrades in charge of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Division (Section), and the director of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center attended the meeting at the local branch venue.