2023 is the beginning year of fully implementing the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and a key year for comprehensively building a socialist modernized country. Strengthen the protection of cultural relics, enhance the level of scientific governance, strengthen the research and interpretation of cultural relics, promote the effective utilization of cultural relics, and achieve new results in promoting the high-quality development of cultural relics with new atmosphere and new actions.
Effectively improve political standing, enhance political consciousness, and promote the implementation of the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in the field of cultural relics. Fully implement the spirit of the National Cultural Relics Work Conference and practice the policy of cultural relics work in the new era. Continuously improve the long-term mechanism for learning, publicity, and implementation. Implement the outline of national spatial planning, formulate a special plan for the utilization of immovable cultural relics, and build a system for the protection and inheritance of urban and rural historical and cultural heritage. Promote key cultural relics protection projects in national cultural parks, introduce the “Special Plan Outline for the Protection and Utilization of Yangtze River Cultural Relics”, and construct a demonstration section for the protection of Long March cultural relics and a historical trail for the Long March. Promote the use of culture to shape tourism and the recognition of culture through tourism. Publish a batch of civilization logos that reflect the spirit of Chinese civilization and excellent traditional Chinese culture.
——New measures are needed to increase the protection of cultural relics
Prepare to launch the fourth national cultural relics census. Launch the application and selection of the ninth batch of national key cultural relics protection units. Research and issue opinions on the protection and management of central cultural relics. Strengthen the supervision and management of cultural relics protection projects, and implement a number of major protection projects for world cultural heritage, grottoes, stone carvings, and cultural relics and buildings. Promote the construction of a disaster prevention, reduction, and relief system for cultural relics, and study measures to address climate change in the field of cultural relics. Ensure the successful application for the cultural landscape of the Jingmai Mountain ancient tea forest in Pu’er, complete the on-site evaluation of the Beijing Central Axis to a high standard, and actively promote cross-border joint application projects such as the “Maritime Silk Road”.
——New progress is needed to improve the long-term mechanism for the safety of cultural relics
Promote the establishment of a national cultural relics inspection system, supervise and inspect the fulfillment of cultural relics protection responsibilities by local governments, supervise and supervise the investigation and rectification of major cultural relics illegal and criminal cases, safety accidents, and strengthen cultural relics safety responsibilities. Work together with relevant departments to formulate a special work plan to combat cultural relics crimes, and jointly deploy and carry out special actions. Carry out a nationwide action to investigate and rectify fire safety hazards in cultural relics and buildings. Actively connect with fire rescue agencies, include cultural and museum units in the key scope and content of fire safety management, and vigorously carry out emergency drills for cultural relics safety.
——Strengthening the Construction of Archaeological Work Ability to Have New Meteorology
Continue to promote Chinese civilization.The exploration project and the major project of “Archaeological China” will strengthen the study of Xia and Shang civilizations. We will solidly promote key archaeological projects such as Erlitou, Yinxu, Nanhai I, and Changjiang Estuary II. Further implement the supporting measures of “archaeological first, then transfer”, and promote the integration of cultural relics and archaeological work with the national spatial planning outline. Focusing on the major projects of the national 14th Five Year Plan, we will accelerate the construction of archaeological specimen warehouses in key national areas, establish demonstration projects such as the special zone for the protection and utilization of the Great Han Chang’an City Site, improve the monitoring and evaluation system of the National Archaeological Site Park, and promote the effective protection, rational utilization, and integration of underground cultural relics into social development.
——New Achievements in Coordinating the Protection, Management and Application of Revolutionary Cultural Relics
Vigorously promote the spiritual pedigree of the CPC with the great spirit of party building as the source, and launch a number of protection projects and display boutiques with the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation as the main line. Carry out the verification and grading of precious revolutionary cultural relics in national collections, as well as the basic information and preservation status verification of immovable revolutionary cultural relics. Deeply promote the construction of revolutionary cultural relics protection and utilization areas. Improve the public cultural service level of the Revolutionary Museum Memorial Hall, continue to launch the “Red Emblem – Stories of Revolutionary Cultural Relics” and “Four Histories” themed boutique routes, and tell the stories of the Party, revolution, and the new era well.
——New Highlights in Promoting the Reform and Development of Museums and Social Cultural Relics
Continuously implementing the key tasks of museum reform and development, promoting the creation of world-class museums with Chinese characteristics and the construction of national key thematic museums. Increase the promotion and promotion of excellent exhibitions and typical cases in museums. Optimize the management system of museum collections, standardize the grading, filing, and filing of precious cultural relics in the collection. Strengthen the protection and restoration of precious and endangered cultural relics and fragile cultural relics in the collection. Strengthen the construction of the national cultural relic appraisal system, promote the construction of national and regional cultural relic appraisal centers, and optimize the layout of cultural relic entry and exit examination institutions. Steadily advancing the pilot reform of cultural relics circulation in Beijing, Shanghai, Hainan and other places. Collaborate with relevant departments to conduct law enforcement research and supervision in key areas of the cultural relics market and areas with high incidence of criminal cases, and promote the healthy and orderly development of the cultural relics market.
——New breakthroughs are needed to promote the leadership and drive of technological talents.Degree reform.
——Deepening cultural relics exchange and cooperation requires a new pattern
Strengthen the diplomatic work on cultural heritage, cooperate with the head of state’s diplomacy and major foreign affairs activities, and prepare for supporting achievements and implement diplomatic achievements. A high-level exhibition will be launched in conjunction with the 10th anniversary of the “the Belt and Road” initiative. Continuously carry out joint archaeology between China and foreign countries, promote cooperation projects in the protection and restoration of cultural relics with foreign aid, and establish the Asian Cultural Heritage Protection Alliance. Actively participate in the international governance of cultural heritage, improve the mechanism for the recovery and return of lost cultural relics, and fulfill the duties of the Chinese presidency of the International Coordinating Committee of the Preah Vihear Temple of UNESCO. Fully leverage the advantages of Hong Kong and Macao in cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries, and promote the joint promotion of Chinese culture across the Taiwan Strait. Accelerate the implementation of supporting policies and measures to revitalize cultural relics and expand the international influence of Chinese culture.
——To do a good job in supporting and ensuring work, we need new hands
Strengthen the construction of the rule of law, promote the revision of the Cultural Relics Protection Law, and carry out preliminary research on the revision of the implementation regulations of the Cultural Relics Protection Law.
We will vigorously promote the trend of investigation and research, strengthen investigation and research, summarize and promote experience around major themes such as the combination of the basic principles of Marxism and excellent traditional Chinese culture, the new chapter of cultural relics in Chinese path to modernization, and high-quality development of cultural relics protection and utilization. Conduct a mid-term evaluation of the implementation of the 14th Five Year Plan for cultural relics protection and technological innovation. Promote the inclusion of cultural relics protection and utilization demonstration zones in the national creation list, carry out the evaluation of the first batch of demonstration zone creation, and publish the list of the second batch of demonstration zone creation.
Innovate publicity and dissemination, establish a cultural relic dissemination matrix, build a comprehensive cultural relic promotion system of all types, chains, media, and directions, and continuously launch a batch of high-quality cultural relic value interpretation and dissemination products.
Optimize financial support, promote the establishment of a special fund for the protection of cultural relics under the central government, and jointly issue a guiding catalog for government procurement services in the field of cultural relics. Strive for steady progress in the scale of cultural relics protection funds, strictly implement the budget management system, and manage and make good use of various financial funds.
Strengthen the institutional team and continue to focus on the construction of cultural relics front cadres. Actively promote and strengthen the protection of cultural relics and the establishment of archaeological work institutions, and introduce an implementation plan for field work subsidies for employees of cultural relics and archaeological institutions.