China News Service, July 5th. The 44th World Heritage Conference will be held in Fuzhou, Fujian Province from July 16 to 31. Zhang Lei, head of the World Cultural Heritage Department of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, pointed out on the 5th that in this World Heritage Conference The project "Quanzhou: China's World Ocean Trade Center in Song and Yuan Dynasties" will be reviewed at the meeting. "We are cautiously optimistic about the results of the deliberations of this conference."
According to Zhang Lei, in 2018, my country’s "Ancient Quanzhou (Erythrina) Historical Relics" project was declared as a World Heritage Site. After the 42nd World Heritage Conference, the result of the review was "Return pending". After the meeting, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage instructed the local government to further Strengthen heritage protection and management, strengthen archaeological research and interpretation and display of heritage values, and establish cooperation with international professional institutions to make major adjustments to the application project from the technical level.
Zhang Lei said that the project "Quanzhou: Song and Yuan China's World Ocean Trade Center" this time has a clearer theme and a clearer and complete value description. The number of heritage sites has increased from 16 to 22, and the heritage content has been further enriched. The project has been declared. The overall quality has been significantly improved.
Through the continuous deepening of the heritage application work, the protection of the ancient city of Quanzhou has entered a new stage.
We are cautiously optimistic about the results of the deliberations of this conference.
It is believed that the Quanzhou project can be fully and widely recognized by the international community after continuous improvement.