"World cultural and natural heritage is an important result of the development of human civilization and natural evolution, and an important carrier for promoting exchanges and mutual learning among different civilizations." On July 16, 2021, the 44th World Heritage Conference opened in Fuzhou, Fujian Province.
Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter to the conference and pointed out that protecting, inheriting, and making good use of these precious wealth is our common responsibility and an inevitable requirement for the continuation of human civilization and the sustainable development of the world.
General Secretary Xi Jinping attaches great importance to the protection of cultural and natural heritage, put forward a series of new concepts, new ideas and new strategies, promoted historic achievements in my country's cultural and natural heritage work, and provided a "Chinese plan" for world heritage protection cooperation.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, my country has added 12 new world cultural and natural heritages. There are currently 55 world heritages, including 37 cultural heritages, 14 natural heritages, and 4 natural and cultural double heritages.
The total number of world heritage sites, natural heritage sites and double heritage sites rank first in the world.
The five thousand years of Chinese civilization is dazzling.
These world heritages scattered on the land of China have become vivid witnesses of Chinese civilization, shining in the progress of human civilization and the progress of world civilization.
Bishui Danshan, Qixiujia southeast.
Walking into the Smart Management Center of Wuyishan National Park in Nanping, Fujian, a vast "green ocean" comes into view on the big screen.
Yellow-bellied horned pheasants, cobras, black bears, and pangolins, which were once hard to find, appeared in the patrol lens from time to time.
On March 22 this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping came here as the first stop of his inspection tour in Fujian to observe the operation of the center's smart management platform.
In the afternoon, when taking a bamboo raft down the Wuyi Mountain Jiuqu Stream and looking up at the wall, General Secretary Xi Jinping called him an "iron sand palm."
The general secretary warned: "Wuyi Mountain has unparalleled ecological and human resources, which is the pride of the Chinese nation, and the most important thing is to protect it."
"Three, three beautiful waters are as clear as jade, six or six strange peaks are in the sky." In December 1999, during Xi Jinping's work in Fujian, he promoted Wuyi Mountain to be included in the World Natural and Cultural Heritage List.
Wuyi Mountain has the title of "Twin World Heritage".
In 2016, Wuyi Mountain was included in one of the first 10 national park system pilots in the country, and began to explore a national park management system through consultation, joint management and joint construction.
How to do a good job in the construction of a natural reserve system with national parks as the main body?
During the inspection this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that it is necessary to adhere to ecological protection first, coordinate protection and development, promote ecological migration in an orderly manner, develop ecological tourism appropriately, and realize the integration of ecological protection, green development, and improvement of people's livelihood.
The proportion of collective land in the Wuyi Mountain area reached 66.6%.
The local area actively explores a protection plan for the harmonious coexistence and common development of residents and the natural environment in the protection area.
Tea has become the "treasure" of thousands of households.
More than 100,000 people live on tea, grow tea, make tea, and sell tea. The tea industry is full of vitality.
Nowadays, mountains and plains are everywhere, and the blue sea is embellished with gold.
The biodiversity of 90% of Wuyishan National Park is protected.
"We must cherish the precious cultural heritage left to us by our ancestors, adhere to the concept of priority protection, strengthen the protection of grotto buildings, colored paintings, and murals, use advanced science and technology to improve the level of protection, and pass on this world cultural heritage from generation to generation."
On August 19, 2019, Xi Jinping visited the world cultural heritage Mogao Grottoes.
During the discussion at the Dunhuang Academy, the general secretary encouraged everyone to make persistent efforts to build the Academy into a model of world cultural heritage protection and a high ground for Dunhuang studies; it is necessary to continue to increase investment and use advanced technology to strengthen cultural relic protection and research.
Historical and cultural heritage not only vividly narrates the past, but also profoundly affects the present and the future; it belongs not only to us, but also to future generations.
To protect and inherit the historical and cultural heritage is to be responsible to history and to the people.
General Secretary Xi Jinping has repeatedly emphasized the need to strengthen the protection and utilization of cultural relics, strengthen historical research and inheritance, and "make the cultural relics collected in museums, the heritage displayed on the vast land, and the words written in ancient books come alive."
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the central government has supported 126 world cultural heritage monitoring projects with a total of 600 million yuan in special funds for cultural relics protection.
Fully pay attention to the application and innovation of scientific and technological means, with the help of multidisciplinary and cross-field cooperation, continue to deepen protection research, and promote the simultaneous development of cultural heritage protection achievements and theoretical practices... my country has gradually formed a relatively complete world cultural heritage protection management system.
Now, when tourists come to the caves of Mogao Grottoes, pick up their mobile phones and open the AR map, they can see the nine-colored deer flying down from the mural.
The Great Wall, the Forbidden City of Ming and Qing Dynasties, Mogao Grottoes... These world cultural heritages, standing on the ancient land and recording the endless spiritual blood of the Chinese nation, are given new vitality with the help of advanced science and technology.
World heritage is the common wealth of mankind. It is the common responsibility of mankind to protect and inherit the world heritage.
While focusing on domestic world heritage protection, my country is also actively participating in international protection actions.
When sending a congratulatory letter to the 44th World Heritage Conference, Xi Jinping emphasized that China is willing to work with countries around the world and UNESCO to strengthen exchanges and cooperation, promote dialogue among civilizations, promote exchanges and mutual learning, support the cause of world heritage protection, and jointly safeguard the whole world. Human cultural treasures and natural treasures promote the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind.
In recent years, my country has actively assumed its responsibilities and obligations as a major world heritage country, actively participated in global governance in the field of world heritage, rescue and protection of world heritage, committed to deepening international exchanges and cooperation in world heritage protection, and became an international cooperation platform for world heritage protection. The backbone-
Serving as a member of the World Heritage Committee for the fourth time, cooperating with UNESCO to organize the China-Africa World Heritage Capacity Building and Cooperation Forum, and serving as the chairman of the 44th World Heritage Committee; helping implement Cambodia’s Angkor heritage and Mongolia’s Bogda Khan Palace , The nine-story temple of Durbar Square in Kathmandu, Nepal, the pagoda in Bagan, Myanmar, the ancient city of Shiva in Uzbekistan and other major heritage protection and inscription projects; actively promote the Silk Road cross-border inscription and protection cooperation projects.
Upholding a high sense of mission and responsibility, China will continue to carry out in-depth cooperation and exchanges with other countries on the protection of world heritage, and contribute Chinese experience and Chinese wisdom to the protection and utilization of world heritage.
Civilizations are colorful because of exchanges, and civilizations are enriched by mutual learning.
Civilization exchanges and mutual learning are an important driving force for the advancement of human civilization and the peaceful development of the world.
China practices the new development concept and earnestly implements the "Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage", lighting up the Chinese light of world heritage protection, and working with more like-minded countries and organizations to protect the cultural treasures and natural treasures of all mankind. Create a future of mutual respect and mutual learning.