via ECNS, 18 August 2021: Indexing this article because it mentions the newly-listed Quanzhou World Heritage Site and the Nanhai No. 1 shipwreck.
China has seen notable progress in the excavation, utilization and protection of cultural relics since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in 2012, according to a report submitted for deliberation at the ongoing session of the National People’s Congress Standing Committee.
China has 766,700 immovable cultural relics, 108 million pieces (sets) of state-owned movable cultural relics and 56 UNESCO World Heritage sites, such as “Quanzhou: Emporium of the World in Song-Yuan China,” according to the report from the State Council, delivered by Vice Minister of Culture and Tourism Li Qun, who is also head of the National Cultural Heritage Administration.
Source: China sees notable progress in cultural relics protection: report | ECNS
