UNESCO and Heritage Site Protection in China

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UNESCO and Heritage Site Protection in China Lam Hoi Yan 08034818 Yuen Yuk Ting 07013493

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UNESCO and Heritage Site Protection in China

Lam Hoi Yan 08034818Yuen Yuk Ting 07013493

Introduction

• UNESCO =• since 1945• aim of establishment: peace• initiated by European power• objective:

« to create the conditions for dialogue among civilizations, cultures and peoples, based upon respect for commonly shared values”

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UNESCO's World Heritage List• sites of outstanding cultural or natural importance to the common

heritage of humanity• Today: 911 sites (704 cultural, 104 natural, 27 mixed) in 151 state parties

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What does it mean being in the list?

Heritage protection – a new, but fast-growing field for China• joined UNESCO in 1946• 1982: 1st law of heritage protection « the Law of the PRC on the Protection of Cultural Relics »• increasing legal protection• more special funds: 129 million rmb in 1994 534 million rmb in 2005

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China & UNESCO• 1985: ratified the International Convention Concerning the Protection of World

Cultural and Natural Heritage of UNESCO

• Today: 40 sites subscribed in UNESCO's World Heritages List

• Rank 3rd after Italy & Spain

• 53 sites on the tentative list

The Great Wall, Beijing (1987)

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The Potala Palace, Tibet (1994)

Fujian Tulou, Fujian (2008)

The Forbidden City, Beijing (1987)

The Temple of Heaven, Beijing (1998)

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The influence of UNESCO-China interaction on heritage site protection

Positive Greater effort of Chinese government in protecting heritage

sites

• e.g. The 3rd Country-wide Survey of Heritage Sites

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World attention to Chinese heritage sites

• World Heritage being world-famous tourist spots

• e.g. Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties

The influence of UNESCO-China interaction on heritage site protection

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Negative Large expenditure for nomination• China Danxia

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More than one billion

Commercialization of the heritage sites• Summer Palace

The influence of UNESCO-China interaction on heritage site protection

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UNESCO Yellow Card

• Old Town of Lijiang

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UNESCO Yellow Card

Conclusion

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China UNESCO

Enhancing heritage site protection

Important partner to cooperate with

How to reduce negative impacts to heritage sites?

Principle of sustainable development

Reference• Su, Xiao and Peggy teo. 2009. The Politics of Heritage Tourism in

China. New York: Routledge.• Lee, Yok-shiu F. and Hilary du Cros. 2007. Cultural Heritage

Management in China. New York: Routledge.• Official website of UNESCO

http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/• Official site of UNESCO World Heritage Center

http://whc.unesco.org/• Official website of State Administration of Cultural Heritage of

China http://www.sach.gov.cn/• China Review News http://www. chinareviewnews.com

Reference• Law of People's Republic of China on the Protection of Cultural

Relics http://www.chinatoday.com/law/china-laws/cultural-relics-protection.htm

• Official site of Beijing Cultural Heritage Protection Center http://en.bjchp.org/?p=1924

• Protection of Cultural Heritage in China, Ministry of Culture, May 25 2006, from http://chinagate.cn/english/reports/48279.htm

• Future heritage protection strategies needed, Global Times, June 12 2010, from http://news.cultural-china.com/20100612115832.html

Thank you!