A few days ago, the General Office of the People’s Government of Shaanxi Province issued the Measures for the Administration of Archaeological Work of Capital Construction Projects in Shaanxi Province (hereinafter referred to as the Measures) to further strengthen the archaeological investigation, evaluation, exploration and excavation of capital construction projects in Shaanxi Province, ensure the safety of buried cultural relics and ensure the smooth progress of construction projects.
The “Measures” pointed out that the infrastructure archaeological work is coordinated and managed by the provincial cultural relics administrative department and organized and implemented by the archaeological excavation qualification unit. The archaeological investigation and evaluation and archaeological exploration work can be absorbed by the archaeological excavation qualification unit according to the law, and enterprises, institutions and social forces can be organized to participate in the undertaking. When land is reserved in areas with concentrated contiguous development, archaeological investigation, evaluation, exploration and excavation must be completed in advance, and the “net land” supply should be realized when transferring, and the archaeological system of “archaeology first, then transferring” should be implemented; Other construction projects involving the protection scope and construction control zone of cultural relics protection units, national and provincial key projects and construction projects that may bury cultural relics within the scope of project construction land should be carried out in accordance with the law.
The “Measures” clarify that the people’s governments at the city and county (district) levels should implement the archaeological system of “archaeological first, then transfer”, and the departments of development and reform, finance, natural resources and housing construction should coordinate the work of “archaeological first, then transfer” within their respective responsibilities. Archaeological excavation qualification units are responsible for the archaeological investigation and evaluation of infrastructure, archaeological exploration and archaeological excavation business, and organize and manage enterprises, institutions and social forces to participate in archaeological investigation and evaluation and archaeological exploration. The qualified units undertaking the archaeological work of infrastructure and the enterprises, institutions and social forces participating in the archaeological investigation and evaluation of infrastructure and archaeological exploration shall accept the guidance and supervision of the administrative department of cultural relics.
The “Measures” emphasize that the transferor shall apply to the administrative department of cultural relics before the land is transferred for the infrastructure archaeological work with the system of “archaeology first, then transfer”, and the administrative department of cultural relics shall organize the archaeological excavation qualification unit to sign a work agreement with the applicant to complete the archaeological investigation, evaluation, exploration and necessary archaeological excavation work. Other infrastructure archaeological work due to capital construction and production construction shall be organized by the administrative department of cultural relics to sign a work agreement with the construction unit to conduct archaeological investigation, evaluation, exploration and necessary archaeological excavation in places where cultural relics may be buried within the scope of the project.
(Pang Bo)