Laws related to cultural heritage

On February 25th, 20 1 1, the People's Republic of China (PRC) Intangible Cultural Heritage Law (hereinafter referred to as the Intangible Cultural Heritage Law) was approved by 155 at the 19th meeting of the 11th NPC Standing Committee, and will be implemented on June 25th this year. This is another important legislation in culture since the promulgation of China's Cultural Relics Protection Law for nearly 30 years. Bringing folk traditional cultural heritage into the legal management track for the first time is of great significance for strengthening the protection of intangible cultural heritage, inheriting and carrying forward the excellent traditional cultures of all ethnic groups and promoting the construction of socialist spiritual civilization.

The Intangible Cultural Heritage Law consists of six chapters and forty-five articles, which expounds the definition, protection scope, protection principles, investigation, establishment and management methods of representative project list, inheritance and dissemination of intangible cultural heritage and related legal responsibilities. Cai Wu, Minister of Culture, recently talked about the significance of the promulgation of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Law in his speech at the symposium of experts on the implementation of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Law. He said: "With the gradual deepening of the protection of intangible cultural heritage, in recent years, some local laws and regulations on the protection of intangible cultural heritage have been promulgated in various places, but the legislation at the national level is still blank. The promulgation of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Law has raised the principles and policies of the CPC Central Committee on the protection of cultural heritage to the will of the state, raised the effective experience of intangible cultural heritage protection to the legal system, and raised the responsibility of government departments at all levels to the legal responsibility, which is conducive to establishing and improving a scientific and effective protection system and providing a solid guarantee for the long-term implementation and effective operation of intangible cultural heritage protection policies. "