China News Service, January 19. According to the website of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, in 2023, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage will strengthen the work of retrieving and returning lost cultural relics.

Improve the work system for the recourse and return of lost cultural relics, continue to promote the negotiation and renewal of intergovernmental agreements on the prevention of illegal entry and exit of cultural relics, increase research on the return of foreign stolen cultural relics, and carry out training on the recourse and return of lost cultural relics.

  The website of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage released the main points of work in 2023. There are 35 key points in 7 parts. It is mentioned that in 2023, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage will do a good job in the exchange and cooperation of cultural relics with Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.

Negotiate and sign a cultural heritage cooperation agreement with the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, and support Hong Kong and Macao in participating in the protection and declaration of cultural heritage along the "Maritime Silk Road".

Continue to do a good job in institutional exchange projects of cultural heritage across the Taiwan Strait.

  In addition, in 2023, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage will also strengthen the construction of the rule of law for cultural relics.

Accelerate the revision of the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Cultural Relics.

Promote the construction of laws and regulations on the protection of cultural relics of the Great Wall, the Grand Canal, and the Long March, and study the identification and identification of cultural relics and the special system for the protection of low-level immovable cultural relics.

Build and make good use of the Cultural Relics Judicial Branch of the China Judicial Research Association and the Expert Committee of the Cultural Relics Judicial Branch to strengthen the work of legal popularization of cultural relics.

  The State Administration of Cultural Heritage will strengthen the safety management of cultural relics.

Issued and implemented a special work plan for combating and preventing cultural relics crimes.

Together with member units of the National Inter-Ministerial Joint Conference on Cultural Relics Safety Work, carry out supervision and inspections to combat and prevent cultural relics crimes and rectification of major cultural relics safety hazards, and jointly supervise and handle major cultural relics safety cases.

Guide all localities to strengthen fire emergency drills and fire safety facilities.

Carry out investigation and evaluation of local governments' implementation of the responsibility of the main body of cultural relics safety, and promote the implementation of the announcement and publicity system for persons directly responsible for cultural relics safety.

Carry out the activity of looking for "the most beautiful cultural relics safety guardian".

  In 2023, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage will comprehensively improve the level of archaeological work.

Implement the Chinese Civilization Exploration Project and the "Archaeological China" major project, promote frontier archaeological and historical research, plan the Xia and Shang civilization research projects, complete key archaeological projects such as Erlitou, Yinxu, Changjiangkou No. 2, Nanhai No. 1, and promote archaeological research. The results are disseminated through multiple channels.

Promote the construction of world-class archaeological institutions and archaeological specimen warehouses in key areas, and improve the level of archaeological facilities and equipment and scientific and technological support capabilities.

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