Kaifeng road plan sparks heated debate

A proposal to demolish part of an ancient city wall to make way for a new road has sparked a heated debate among the people of Kaifeng in Central China's Henan Province.

The date for the construction has yet to be fixed, and the final decision will be made by the national State Bureau of Cultural Relics, Guo Shijun, the director in charge of the protection of the Kaifeng old city wall, said.

The wall, which is the country's second largest, was listed in the fourth batch of important cultural relic sites given State-level protection by the State Council in 1996.