Chinanews.com, March 12, according to the Chinese government website, recently, the State Council issued the "Approval on Approving Tonghai County in Yunnan Province as a National Historical and Cultural City" (hereinafter referred to as "Approval"), agreeing to list Tonghai County in Yunnan Province It is a national historical and cultural city.
The full text is as follows:
Official Reply of the State Council on Approving Tonghai County, Yunnan Province as a National Historical and Cultural City
People's Government of Yunnan Province:
Your province’s request for declaring Tonghai County as a national historical and cultural city has been received.
The reply is as follows:
1. Agree to list Tonghai County as a national historical and cultural city.
Tonghai County has a long history, distinctive traditional pattern and historical features, rich cultural heritage, strong ethnic customs, and important historical and cultural value.
2. The People’s Government of your province and Tonghai County should take Xi Jinping’s Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as the guide, fully implement the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Party and the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Plenary Sessions of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. The State Council has made decisions and arrangements to firmly establish the concept of great responsibility for the protection of historical and cultural heritage, implement the requirements of the "Law on the Protection of Cultural Relics of the People's Republic of China" and the "Regulations on the Protection of Famous Historical and Cultural Cities, Towns and Villages", and in-depth study and explore the connotation and value of historical and cultural resources, and clearly The principles and key points of protection, strengthen the protection and utilization of historical and cultural resources, inherit and carry forward the excellent Chinese traditional culture, and tell Chinese stories well.
Prepare the protection plan for historical and cultural cities and the protection plans for cultural relics protection units at all levels, formulate and strictly implement protection management regulations, and clarify the list of various protection objects, as well as protection content, requirements and responsibilities.
Correctly handle the relationship between urban construction and the protection of historical and cultural resources, attach importance to the protection of urban structure and style management and control, strengthen overall and systematic protection; protect and restore historical and cultural blocks, complement the shortcomings of supporting infrastructure and public service facilities, and continuously improve human settlements Environmental quality; strengthen the repair and protection of cultural relics and historical buildings, promote the open use of cultural relics protection units, and give full play to the use value of historical buildings.
The natural landscape and environment that are interdependent with the famous city shall not be changed, any construction activities that are incompatible with the environment and style of the famous city shall not be carried out, and historical buildings shall not be damaged or moved or demolished without authorization.
Further strengthen the implementation of responsibilities, and intensify supervision and accountability in accordance with laws and regulations on behaviors that do not perform their duties due to their responsibilities and protect them ineffectively, causing the historical and cultural value of the famous city to be seriously affected.
3. Your province, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development and the State Administration of Cultural Heritage shall strengthen the guidance, supervision and inspection of the protection of the national historical and cultural city in Tonghai County.
State Council
March 3, 2021