Eight departments, including the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Central Propaganda Department, the Central Party History and Literature Research Institute, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate, and the Political Work Department of the Central Military Commission, recently jointly issued the Opinions on Further Strengthening the Standardized Management of Martyrs Memorial Facilities (hereinafter referred to as the Opinions) to effectively strengthen the standardized management of martyrs memorial facilities.
The “Opinions” pointed out that it is necessary to protect, manage and make good use of the important red resources of the martyrs’ memorial facilities, clarify the management rights and responsibilities, promote centralized management, consolidate the grassroots foundation, enhance the comprehensive efficiency, give better play to the role of the martyrs’ memorial facilities in carrying forward the heroic spirit and continuing the red blood, and inspire the broad masses of cadres and people to struggle for a new era and create new achievements with heroic deeds and spirit.
The “Opinions” clarify that it is necessary to strengthen departmental coordination and promote standardized management. In accordance with the principles of classified guidance, adapting measures to local conditions, being conducive to protection and easy to use, we will gradually promote the unified management of memorial facilities for martyrs under the centralized management of veterans affairs departments in an orderly manner. Relying on the linkage and coordination system of the protection departments of heroes and martyrs, we will clarify departmental responsibilities, integrate business resources, eliminate blind spots in management and protection, and promote the formation of joint efforts in protection and management.
The Opinions emphasize that it is necessary to consolidate the grassroots foundation and achieve long-term management and protection. Verify the martyrs memorial facilities one by one, file and record them, accurately grasp the status and changes of martyrs memorial facilities, realize information, dynamic and refined management, and provide basic information for the special investigation of red resources. Adhere to the principle of “relocation and centralized management and protection”, and move scattered martyrs memorial facilities and martyrs’ tombs to the martyrs cemetery to implement effective management and protection.
The “Opinions” require that the mission function should be strengthened and the comprehensive efficiency should be improved. Standardize the planning and construction of martyrs memorial facilities, and the scale and regulation of newly built, renovated and expanded martyrs memorial facilities should be consistent with the memorial theme and functional orientation; Optimize the overall function of memorial facilities for martyrs with specific themes, and promote the formation of a memorial facilities system for martyrs around specific themes, with national memorial facilities as the center, provincial memorial facilities as the focus, and other memorial facilities as the supplement; Create a fine exhibition of martyrs’ memorial facilities, adhere to the historical materialism, optimize the exhibition content, innovate the exhibition method, and actively cultivate the team of heroic commentators and researchers; Care for the survivors of martyrs, and promote the establishment of a mechanism for normalizing contact with martyrs in the management and protection units of martyrs memorial facilities.