More funds likely to protect heritage in private hands

More funds will be mobilized to protect endangered heritage that is currently outside government domain, according to a top official of the Culture Ministry.

The move comes in the wake of related national guidelines released by the State Council, China's cabinet, in February.

The State Administration of Cultural Heritage, affiliated to the ministry, is drafting relevant rules on social participation in projects that involve privately owned cultural items, Zhu Xiaodong, director of the agency's legal department, told a news briefing last week.