Regulations on the Implementation of People's Republic of China (PRC) Cultural Relics Protection Law

Chapter I General Provisions Article 1 These Regulations are formulated in accordance with the Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on the Protection of Cultural Relics (hereinafter referred to as the Law on the Protection of Cultural Relics). Article 2 The special subsidy funds for national key cultural relics protection and the special funds for local cultural relics protection shall be managed by the departments of cultural relics administration, investment and finance of the people's governments at or above the county level in accordance with the relevant provisions of the state. No unit or individual may occupy or misappropriate. Article 3 The income of state-owned museums, memorial halls and cultural relics protection units shall be used for the following purposes:

(1) Preservation, display, restoration and collection of cultural relics;

(two) the repair and construction of state-owned museums, memorial halls and cultural relics protection units;

(3) Cultural relics safety measures;

(4) Archaeological investigation, exploration and excavation;

(5) Scientific research, publicity and education on the protection of cultural relics. Fourth administrative departments of cultural relics and education, science and technology, press and publication, radio and television and other administrative departments should do a good job in publicity and education of cultural relics protection. Article 5 The cultural relics administrative departments of the State Council and the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall formulate scientific and technological research plans for cultural relics protection, take effective measures to promote the popularization and application of scientific and technological achievements in cultural relics protection, and improve the scientific and technological level of cultural relics protection. Article 6 Units or individuals who have one of the deeds listed in Article 12 of the Law on the Protection of Cultural Relics shall be given moral encouragement or material rewards by the people's government, its cultural relics administrative department and relevant departments. Chapter II Immovable Cultural Relics Article 7 A famous historical and cultural city shall be submitted to the State Council for approval and promulgation by the construction administrative department of the State Council and the cultural relics administrative department of the State Council.

Historical and cultural blocks, villages and towns shall be reported to the people's government at the same level for approval and promulgation by the administrative departments of urban and rural planning of the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government in conjunction with the administrative departments of cultural relics.

The protection planning of historical and cultural cities, historical and cultural blocks and villages and towns organized by local people's governments at or above the county level shall meet the requirements of cultural relics protection. Article 8 National key cultural relics protection units and provincial cultural relics protection units shall be designated by the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government within 1 year from the date of approval and publication, with signs, records and files set up, special institutions set up or special persons designated for management.

Within 1 year from the date of approval and publication of cultural relics protection units in cities divided into districts, autonomous prefectures and counties, the people's governments that have approved and published cultural relics protection units shall delimit the scope of protection, make signs, establish records and files, set up specialized agencies or designate special personnel to be responsible for management. Article 9 The scope of protection of cultural relics protection units refers to the main body of cultural relics protection units and the areas under special protection in a certain range around them.

The scope of protection of cultural relics protection units shall be reasonably defined according to the category, scale, content and the historical and realistic situation of the surrounding environment, and a certain safe distance shall be kept outside the main body of cultural relics protection units to ensure the authenticity and integrity of cultural relics protection units. Article 10 The symbol description of a cultural relics protection unit shall include the level, name, publication authority, publication date, calibration authority and calibration date of the cultural relics protection unit. The signs of cultural relics protection units in ethnic autonomous areas should be written in both standardized Chinese characters and local minority languages. Article 11 The records and archives of cultural relics protection units shall include scientific and technological materials such as ontology records, relevant literature records and administrative management of cultural relics protection units.

Records and archives of cultural relics protection units shall make full use of words, audio-visual products, pictures, rubbings, photocopies and electronic texts to effectively express their contents. Article 12 Ancient cultural sites, ancient tombs, cave temples, memorial buildings and ancient buildings approved and announced as cultural relics protection units shall be managed by local people's governments at or above the county level. Other cultural relics protection units shall be managed by the local people's governments at or above the county level to set up special institutions or designated institutions and special personnel; Designate a person to be responsible for the management, which can take the form of hiring a cultural relic protector.

Cultural relics protection units have users, users should set up mass cultural relics protection organizations; If there is no user unit, the villagers' committee or residents' committee where the cultural relics protection unit is located may establish a mass cultural relics protection organization. The administrative department of cultural relics shall give guidance and support to the activities of mass cultural relics protection organizations.

The institution responsible for the management of cultural relics protection units shall establish and improve rules and regulations and take safety precautions; Its security personnel can be equipped with defense equipment according to law. Article 13 The construction control zone of a cultural relic protection unit refers to an area where construction projects are restricted to protect the safety, environment and historical features of the cultural relic protection unit outside the protection scope of the cultural relic protection unit.

The construction control zone of cultural relics protection units shall be reasonably demarcated according to the category, scale and content of cultural relics protection units and the historical and realistic situation of the surrounding environment. Article 14 The construction control zones of national key cultural relics protection units shall be delineated and published by the cultural relics administrative departments of the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government in conjunction with the administrative departments of urban and rural planning.

The construction control zones of provincial-level cultural relics protection units, cities divided into districts, autonomous prefectures and counties shall be demarcated and announced by the cultural relics administrative department of the people's government that approved the publication of cultural relics protection units in conjunction with the urban and rural planning administrative department with the approval of the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government.