Shaanxi offers higher rewards for ancient relics

Generous financial incentives are being offered to people in Shaanxi province to encourage them to help protect the province's rich heritage.

The incentives were launched on March 1 and are the first of their kind to be offered by a provincial-level government. Many valuable cultural relics have been found in the province.

The highest rewards go to those who provide information about relics or hand over objects that have been obtained legally. The payment in such cases will be 10 times the per capita disposable monthly income of urban residents of the province in the previous year.