Beijing Strengthens Protection of Imperial City

Home>>Life

Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Thursday, February 27, 2003

Beijing Strengthens Protection of Imperial City

Beijing municipal government has worked out an outline to strengthen protection of the original Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) imperial city.

DISCUSSION

CHINESE

SEND TO FRIEND

Beijing municipal government has worked out an outline to strengthen protection of the original Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) imperial city.

At a meeting on cultural heritage held here Wednesday, Mei Ninghua, director of the municipal bureau of cultural heritage, said the plan was an important part of the project to conserve Beijing as an historic cultural city.

The detailed measures include placing six key cultural heritagebuilding groups under total protection, launching an experimental project to improve living conditions in some residential compoundsof historic importance, and demolishing buildings which affected the overall view of the imperial city.

The imperial city, first built in 1417, is now the largest and the most complete one existing. Covering 6.8 sq km of palaces, gardens and temples with the Forbidden City at the center, it reflects the bygone days of imperial China and is of great historic importance.

Questions?Comments? Click here

Imperial Palace in Beijing Soon to Undergo Large-scale Embellishment

Renovations Begin on Beijing's Forbidden City

Beijing Works to Protect and Restore its Imperial City

Which Country, China or Japan, Does Russian Oil Pipeline Lead to? ( 3 Messages)

Chinese Fast Food Chains Battle Foreign Competitors ( 4 Messages)

Chinese Commemorate Dead Soviet Pilots ( 3 Messages)

China-ASEAN Economic Cooperation Upgraded ( 2 Messages)

Japan Strives to be Major World Power: Analysis ( 7 Messages)