Authorization for repair work will better protect Great Wall

THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND TOURISM and the National Cultural Heritage Administration have jointly published a plan for the protection of the Great Wall. Beijing Youth Daily comments:

The document clarifies key points and the overall strategy for protection of the Great Wall for the first time, and will serve as a guideline to the forming of a long-term work mechanism.

The document makes it clear that, without authorization, volunteers and social organizations are not allowed to move or remove parts of the Great Wall that have fallen or collapsed, and are not permitted to repair the Great Wall and cultural relics affiliated to it, so as to avoid damaging the Great Wall.