Sunday, June 12, 2011

The Ministry will strengthen the construction of the non Heritage Act and other laws

    On June 1, which lasted more than 10 loads, after several years on the market, community look forward to the People's Republic of China Law on intangible cultural heritage (hereinafter referred to as the non-material cultural heritage Act) took effect. Non-material cultural heritage in China entered a new stage of protection according to the law.

in recent years, in Party Central Committee, and State Council height attention Xia, in around Party Committee, and Government and levels culture administrative sector of common efforts Xia, in China non-material culture heritage protection work made has significantly progress, preliminary construction up has meet in China conditions of non-material culture heritage protection system, basic completed has first times national non-material culture heritage census; established has more perfect of national, and province, and city, and County four level non-material culture heritage directory system, strengthening has on representative project and representative inheritance people of protection; established has Minnan culture, and Huizhou culture, and jinzhong culture, and Wei water culture, 11 a national culture ecological protection experimental area; non-material culture heritage protection of concept gradually hearts, society consciously protection non-material culture heritage consciousness increasingly enhanced.

introduction of non-material cultural heritage of the Ministry Secretary Ma Wenhui, recently under the State Council has just approved a third batch of national intangible cultural heritage project 191, extended item 164. At present, China's national intangible cultural heritage project of 1219. &Amp;ldquo; the introduction of non-material cultural heritage Act, for the protection of intangible cultural heritage provides a rare opportunity, also reinforces the responsibility to protect. We will earnestly implement the non-material cultural heritage Act, further innovative ideas, dissection, upgrading to a new level and level of work. &Amp;rdquo; Ma Wenhui said.

according to reports, the Ministry of culture to the next stage will focus on the implementation of the intangible cultural heritage Act, focusing on three areas of work.  

one is the broad dissemination of the intangible cultural heritage Act, promote the dissemination of the intangible cultural heritage and promote. Strengthening and news media cooperation, actively support and organization news media carried out topics interview, and reported; actively launched library, and cultural centers, and Museum, public culture institutions and non-material culture heritage research, and protection institutions and the literary performances groups and places, held non-material culture heritage exhibition, and Forum, and lecture, activities, promote non-material culture heritage of spread, enhanced society law protection non-material culture heritage of consciousness.

second, strengthening the construction of other laws, for the protection of intangible cultural heritage provides a more complete legal protection. Ministry will and State Council Legal Office, sector consultations developed non-material culture heritage method under implementation rules, amendment traditional arts and crafts Protection Ordinance under; in accordance with the legal of requirements, carding non-material culture heritage protection about regulations, amendment national non-material culture heritage protection and management provisional approach under, and national non-material culture heritage project representative inheritance people finds and management provisional approach under and national non-material culture heritage representatives declared evaluation provisional approach under, sector regulations, introduced outside organization and personal in territory carried out non-material culture heritage investigation management, and national culture ecological protection area named and management, about management approach, further specification non-material culture heritage protection work. At the same time, promote introduced around local laws, to provide more complete legal protection of intangible cultural heritage protection.

three is the perfect mechanism for planning and long-term protection. This year is the first year of the intangible cultural heritage Act, also “ 35 ” first year of the plan year. Ministry will in accordance with the non-material culture heritage method under of provisions, combination non-material culture heritage protection work “ 35 ” planning, further acting Qing non-material culture heritage protection of work thought, enhanced scientific, and normative, and long-term sexual, perfect non-material culture heritage investigation system, focus on investigation results of finishing, and built document, and using and precious real of collection; developed has targeted of classification protection standard specification, strengthening on representative project of protection; sound inheritance mechanism, further implementation on inheritance people of protection measures, and will non-material culture heritage into national education system. In short, the legal establishment of the system into long-term work mechanism, raising the level of protection according to the law, promoting the intangible cultural heritage protection work to a new level.

as a guide to better throughout the study and implementation of the law on non-material cultural heritage, Ministry of culture and also of the national people's Congress Working Committee, Education Committee and the State Council Legislative Affairs Office of compilation and publication of the Guide to non-material cultural heritage laws, interpretation of the law on non-material cultural heritage of the letter and spirit of the law.