Entering 2022 and looking back on 2021, cultural relics work has taken strong and powerful steps.
Presided over the 31 collective study of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee on “making good use of red resources and continuing the red blood”, led the comrades of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee to visit the Red Mansion of Peking University, paid homage to the former residence of Comrade Mao Zedong, Fengzeyuan, and delivered an important speech when presiding over the study; Sending congratulatory letters to the 44th World Heritage Conference, the discovery of Yangshao culture, and the 100th anniversary of the birth of modern Chinese archaeology; Presided over the 22nd meeting of the Central Commission for Deepening Reform and passed the Implementation Opinions on Revitalizing Cultural Relics and Expanding the International Influence of Chinese Culture; Investigate multiple cultural and museum units in seven provinces, including Fujian, Guangxi, Henan, Beijing, Tibet, Hebei, and Shaanxi.
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The General Office of the State Council has released the “14th Five Year Plan for Cultural Relics Protection and Technological Innovation”, which elevates the five-year plan for cultural relics to the national level for the first time. Nine departments, including the National Cutural Heritage Administration, issued the Guiding Opinions on Promoting the Reform and Development of Museums. As a programmatic document for comprehensively deepening the reform of museums in the new era, six departments, including the National Cutural Heritage Administration, issued the Opinions on Strengthening the Management of Civilian Collections of Cultural Relics and Promoting the Orderly Development of the Cultural Relics Market, actively responding to the expectations of the people, and exploring the road to the protection and utilization of civilian collections of cultural relics and the orderly development of the cultural relics market. The National Cutural Heritage Administration and other eight departments jointly printed and distributed the Measures for Further Promoting the Development of Cultural Creative Products of Cultural Relics Units to further promote the development of cultural creative products of cultural relics units. The Special Plan for the Protection and Utilization of Cave Temples during the “14th Five Year Plan” period, the Special Plan for the Protection and Utilization of Large Sites during the “14th Five Year Plan” period, and the Special Plan for the Protection and Utilization of Revolutionary Cultural Relics during the “14th Five Year Plan” period of the National Cutural Heritage Administration have been successively issued, creating innovative ideas and precise efforts to build a “four beams and eight pillars” that will continue to promote the high-quality development of cultural relics.
Revolutionary cultural relics are vivid and vivid
The National Revolutionary Cultural Relics Work Conference was held 24 years ago, with 22 provinces holding revolutionary cultural relics work conferences, 18 provinces issuing implementation documents, and 23 provincial-level and more than 20 municipal cultural relics supervisory departments establishing revolutionary cultural relics departments (departments). We have carefully organized a series of activities to celebrate the centenary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, implemented the centenary party history cultural relic protection and exhibition project, completed the renovation and exhibition opening of the former site of the Red Mansion of Peking University, promoted 109 high-quality exhibitions to celebrate the centenary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, and held a cultural and natural heritage day event in Chongqing’s main city with the theme of “Cultural Relics Shine on the Centenary Journey”, serving the learning and education of party history, and continuously deepening the protection and utilization of revolutionary cultural relics. The red scarf tells the story of the Party, the voice files of hundreds of revolutionary cultural relics, Answers to Time, Flashing Memory, and Red Cultural Relics 100 vividly tell the stories behind revolutionary cultural relics, inherit the red gene, inspire revolutionary morale, and forge ahead on a new journey.
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2704 cases of various cultural relics crimes were solved, 585 cultural relics criminal gangs were eliminated, 5368 suspect were arrested, including 22 fugitives wanted by the Ministry of Public Security, and 61000 pieces of cultural relics were recovered… In 2021, the National Cutural Heritage Administration and the Ministry of Public Security will continue to crack down on cultural relics crimes, and the number of registered cultural relics crimes will decrease by 20.1% year on year. The cultural relics departments at all levels nationwide have handled about 500 cases of cultural relics violations, rectified over 100000 fire hazards, organized over 29000 fire drills, and covered 25 cities through remote sensing monitoring. Introduce the “three systems” for administrative law enforcement of cultural relics, strengthen the “responsibility of government directors, departmental supervision, and direct responsibility of management and use units”. The State Council’s safety production assessment and the national civilized city assessment have made cultural relic safety an important indicator. Protecting cultural relics involves you and me, cracking down on crime without stopping, and the safety protection network for cultural relics is woven tightly.
The Pace of Archaeological China is Firm
Archaeological China “has been included in the” 14th Five Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development of the People’s Republic of China and the Outline of Long Range Objectives for 2035 “. Hold a centennial archaeological commemoration conference and promote the top 100 archaeological discoveries of the century. From the Paleolithic to the Neolithic Age, from Han and Tang archaeology to the Great Wall archaeology, under the focus and strong promotion of the major “Archaeological China” project, 18 major archaeological studies have made new achievements and constantly deepened the understanding of Chinese civilization. Organize 222 active archaeological excavations, protect historical roots, promote the implementation of the “archaeological first, then transfer” policy, serve the overall national situation, and approve 1327 infrastructure archaeological excavations. Comprehensively understand the “family background” of grotto temples and promote the archaeology of key areas of grotto temples. Continuing the century long struggle in archaeology, exploring the roots of civilization, and striving to build a Chinese style with Chinese characteristics, archaeology has taken a firm step forward.
Strengthen the promotion of protection systems
In 2021, 6.4 billion yuan will be allocated as a special fund for national cultural relics protection. We organized and implemented 92 key projects for the protection of cultural relics of the Great Wall, the Grand Canal and the Long March, issued a plan for the protection and utilization of cultural relics of the Yellow River, launched a survey of cultural relics in 11 provinces and cities along the Yangtze River Economic Belt and the Three Gorges Reservoir Area, and promoted the construction of the Great Wall, the Grand Canal, the Long March, the Yellow River and the Yangtze River National Cultural Park. Introduce policy documents on the management of unclassified and immovable cultural relics, as well as disaster prevention and reduction of bridge cultural relics. Actively respond to floods and waterlogging disasters in Henan, Shanxi, and other regions, orderly promote the rescue and disposal, investigation and evaluation, protection and repair of damaged cultural relics, and promote the integration of cultural relics protection into the national disaster prevention and reduction system. Continuously improve the protection and management system for historical and cultural cities, towns, and villages, strengthen the protection and management of cultural relics in the formulation and implementation of national spatial planning, and retain the roots and soul of the city.
Innovative breakthroughs in cultural and cultural heritage benefiting the people
The National Museum Reform and Development Working Conference was held, and 20 provinces introduced measures to use museum resources to carry out primary and secondary education and teaching. Yangzhou Grand Canal Museum, the new Hubei Museum, the new Zhengzhou Museum, and the western Suzhou Museum were officially opened, and many boutique exhibitions such as Everlasting Treasure, Advancing the Past, and China’s Brilliant Beauty were presented. 61 cultural relics technology innovation tasks were included in the “14th Five Year Plan” national key research and development plan, 17 industry standards were released, and a cultural relics technology innovation forum was held. The comprehensive reform pilot of social cultural relics management in Shanghai has been deeply promoted, and policies such as auction review, entry registration, and tax reduction have been integrated and implemented. The China International Import Expo has established the first cultural relics and artworks section, and duty-free entry and sales have attracted the return of cultural relics. The measures for delaying the temporary entry and exit of cultural relics have been further optimized. Explore solutions to bottleneck issues and actively respond to social concerns.
Overcoming all difficulties and rejoicing in returning
The Tianlong Mountain Grottoes, which have been lost overseas for nearly a century, have undergone several setbacks and returned to their motherland. They will appear at the 2021 China National Radio and Television Spring Festival Gala to celebrate and reunite with the people of the whole country. Successfully recovered 12 cultural relics and artworks from China from the United States, and American citizens donated pottery figurines to be collected in the Shanghai Museum. Deepen the investigation of lost overseas cultural relics, improve and update the “Foreign Stolen Cultural Relics Database”. We have cooperated with 10 countries and regions in the return of 17 cultural relics and held the first China Main Forum on the International Day to Combat Illegal Trafficking in Cultural Property, encouraging countries to work together to protect the cultural heritage of humanity.
Exchange, mutual learning, beauty, and cooperation
The Quanzhou project was successfully listed in the The World Heritage List, and the Fuzhou Declaration made the world hear the voice of China. Six reports on the protection status of the World Cultural Heritage, including the “Potala Palace Historical Architecture Complex,” have been reviewed. The Great Wall has been rated as a demonstration case for protection and management by the World Heritage Committee, contributing the “Chinese experience” to safeguarding the cultural treasures of all humanity. At the Asian Cultural Heritage Protection Dialogue, China, on behalf of 27 Asian countries, issued the “Initiative on Jointly Carrying out the” Asian Cultural Heritage Protection Action “, continuously promoting the protection of Asian cultural heritage into the” fast lane “. Hold the 5th Forum on Ancient Civilizations and the 19th Congress of the Collection Protection Committee of the International Expo Association. Actively launched the online exhibition of “Parallel Time and Space: Meet the Terra Cotta Warriors in Greece”, and steadily promoted the foreign aid project for cultural relics protection. Beauty and harmony, creating a delicate “meticulous painting” of cultural exchange and mutual learning.
Add human lift awesome
The number of internal institutions and personnel of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage has increased significantly, and the allocation of functions has been comprehensively strengthened; To implement the relevant requirements of the Central Organization on strengthening cultural relics protection and the establishment of archaeological work institutions, the establishment of the Archaeological Research Center of the National Cutural Heritage Administration, the Chinese Institute of Cultural Heritage, and the Archaeological Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences has increased, and the number of provincial archaeological institutions has increased significantly. The first professional skills standard in the cultural relics industry, the National Professional Skills Standard for Cultural Relics Restorers, has been released, expanding talent training channels. Five representatives of Communist Party members rooted in the field of cultural relics attended a press conference between Chinese and foreign journalists held by the Central Propaganda Department, interpreting the original intention of cultural relics workers and attracting widespread attention from society.
Integrating into the overall situation and keeping up with the times
By coordinating epidemic prevention and control and opening up services, museums at or above the provincial level and important prefecture level have fully realized online reservations, and watching online exhibitions without leaving home has become a new experience for the public. Promote the mobile exhibition of cultural relics to penetrate into remote areas, ethnic areas, and underdeveloped areas. Implement the idea of utilizing museum resources for primary and secondary education and teaching, and encourage more students to enrich their knowledge through museum activities. During the cultural and natural heritage period, cultural relics departments across the country organized nearly 2000 cultural relics services to benefit the people, enriching the spiritual and cultural life of the people. The Forbidden City, Badaling Great Wall, Temple of Heaven, Yuanmingyuan, and other places are open to minors for free. Xinjiang has organized more than 3000 cultural relics mobile exhibitions and 116 “caravan” exhibitions in Sichuan. Cultural and museum institutions in multiple places have carried out social cultural relics public welfare appraisal, with a total of over 400 events. They have solidly carried out the “I do practical things for the masses” practical activity, demonstrating precision, specificity, and effectiveness. On May 18, International Museum Day, China’s main venue activities and major archaeological discoveries gained 10 billion level influence. The “China Archaeology Conference” was a hit, and cultural relics news appeared on the CCTV News of CCTV more than 30 times. Cultural relics work flew into the homes of ordinary people.
(Xu Xiuli)