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China invests in preserving ancient relics
(crineglish.com)
Updated: 2005-07-06 16:25 China pledges to invest 250
million yuan or over 30 million US dollars every year in protecting its cultural
heritage sites.
This preservation campaign was announced by the Deputy Director of the
State Administration of Cultural Heritage, Zhang Bai, at a press conference
Tuesday.
The sites earmarked for protection include ancient relics and tombs unearthed
along the Silk Road in Xinjiang region, as well as a magnificent 2,000-year old
palace from the Qin Dynasty in the northwestern city of Xi'an.
China has over 400,000 ancient cultural relic sites, and currently around
1,200 are under key state protection.
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