On March 20th, Zhejiang Daily’s “First-line Investigation” column published a report that “the provincial cultural protection unit Xiaoshaohaitang (Shangyu section) was destroyed”, and the Shangyu District Committee and District Government of Shaoxing City attached great importance to it.
It is understood that the project of Xiaoshaohaitang (Shangyu section) protection zoning on the north and south sides of Xinsha Community Service Center is a comprehensive river regulation project in the built-up area of Caoe Street, which is carried out for the water conservancy construction group under the District Water Conservancy Bureau. It is a livelihood project for urban river dredging. It was approved by the district government in January 2020. Because the project involves the protection division of Xiaoshao seawall (Shangyu section) and needs to get through the seawall itself, it needs the approval of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage and the approval of the Zhejiang Provincial People’s Government before implementation.
Ruan Xiuhua, member of the Party Committee and Deputy Director of Wenguang Tourism Bureau of Shangyu District, told the reporter that on February 20th, after learning about the demolition of the north and south sides of Xiaoshaohaitang (Shangyu section), the community service center of Xinsha Neighborhood Committee, Wenguang Tourism Bureau of Shangyu District immediately organized on-site reconnaissance and investigation, confirming that although the project was approved in principle by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, it failed to complete the formalities of cultural relics approval according to law and was suspected of illegal construction. Subsequently, the district cultural market administrative law enforcement team made a record of on-site investigation and inquiry for the person in charge of the construction, took photos of the law enforcement site, and issued a notice of suspension according to law. At present, the project has been stopped, the case is being handled and the relevant procedures are being submitted for approval.
It is reported that in the next step, Shangyu District will further enhance the comprehensive management means of “civil air defense+technical defense” according to the actual situation that the linear cultural relics are long and difficult to manage. On the basis of strengthening the inspection of cultural protection, it will accelerate the application project of “urban construction+cultural relics”, connect with the grassroots governance platform, establish the mechanism of pre-trial and early intervention, and create a “cultural relics map” in Shangyu District to realize the full-cycle supervision of cultural protection projects. (Reporter Zhu Yinyan, Li Pan)