China News Service, September 26. According to the website of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage recently issued the "Notice on the illegal excavation of Fuyang Ancient City Ruins by the Anhui Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology." During the archaeological excavation process of the Fuyang Ancient City Ruins by the Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, there were cases in which on-site excavators arbitrarily changed the archaeological excavation plan and used large-scale machinery to excavate and destroy cultural relics. The impact was very bad.

　　The notification stated that from March 15 to 17, 2021, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage organized a working group to inspect the archaeological excavation project of the ancient city site in Fuyang, Anhui Province.

According to investigations, during the archaeological excavation process of the Anhui Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology from April to December 2020, the person in charge of the archaeological excavation project was absent from the archaeological site for a long time, and the on-site excavators arbitrarily changed the archaeological excavation plan and used large-scale machinery to excavate and destroy cultural relics. .

The State Administration of Cultural Relics immediately reported the inspection results to the Anhui Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism and the Cultural Relics Bureau, and instructed them to strengthen archaeological management, hold accountability seriously, and strengthen the safety of cultural relics.

　　The circular pointed out that the unregulated excavation incident of the ancient city of Fuyang exposed the problems of chaotic organization and management of archaeological projects and endangering the safety of cultural relics, which were serious in nature and had very bad impact.

Local cultural relics administrative departments and archaeological excavation-qualified units should draw lessons from them, draw lessons from one another, and take effective measures to effectively strengthen archaeological management to prevent similar incidents from happening again and ensure the safety of cultural relics.

　　The notice emphasized that the cultural relics administrative departments of all provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) should earnestly perform their duties of guidance and supervision, improve the whole-process supervision mechanism of archaeological projects, and urge archaeological excavation qualified units to strictly implement the "Cultural Relics Protection Law of the People's Republic of China" and "Cultural Relics Protection Law of the People's Republic of China" The Implementation Regulations, as well as the “Administrative Measures for Archaeological Excavations” and other requirements, effectively strengthen the management of archaeological projects and personnel, and continuously improve the quality and level of archaeological work.

It is necessary to strengthen the inspection and inspection of archaeological projects in the province (autonomous region, municipality), and immediately guide rectification and correction of problems found.

Involving major violations of laws and regulations should be reported in a timely manner.

　　The notification stated that each archaeological excavation qualification unit should do a good job in the declaration, organization and implementation of archaeological projects.

Improve the archaeological site management system and strictly implement the responsibility system of the person in charge of archaeological excavation projects. The adjustment of the area of ​​archaeological excavation, changes in working hours, and major archaeological discoveries should be reported in time according to procedures.

Strictly abide by the "Field Archaeological Work Regulations" and resolutely put an end to illegal operations.

Strengthen legal education and professional training, enhance the legal awareness of archaeologists and cultural relic safety awareness, and enhance the professional level of the team.

　　The notification stated that the cultural relics administrative departments of all provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) should urge local people’s governments to implement the main responsibilities of cultural relics protection, incorporate the protection of cultural relics into the land and space planning, formulate "archaeological first, then transfer" policies and specific measures, and properly handle the protection of cultural relics and the economy The relationship of social development.

At the same time, the local people's government is actively seeking to increase human, material and financial support, and solidly promote the construction of archaeological institutions and teams, and ease the pressure of basic construction archaeological tasks.