Revolutionary relics find new uses

China has made solid progress in protecting revolutionary relics and has explored various ways to utilize and revitalize them in the new era.

A census of the country's revolutionary relics has been completed. Official statistics show there are more than 36,000 sites that are home to immovable revolutionary relics and over 1 million individual or sets of movable State-owned revolutionary relics nationwide.

The National Cultural Heritage Administration says well-preserved revolutionary relics have boosted poverty alleviation and rural vitalization efforts in various ways, such as their integration into local tourism development. Such relics have helped 54 impoverished counties shed the poverty status since 2014.

Access to revolutionary relics has also been promoted. So far, more than 93 percent of major revolutionary sites are open to the public and over 1,600 revolutionary museums and memorial halls are welcoming visitors nationwide.

Xinhua