General Secretary Xi Jinping recently made important instructions on strengthening the protection, inheritance and utilization of cultural and natural heritage, profoundly explaining the importance and connotation of the "Beijing Central Axis - a masterpiece of China's ideal capital city order" and "Badain Jaran Desert-Shashan Lake Group" and "China's Yellow (Bohai) Sea Migratory Bird Habitat (Phase II)" successfully included in the "World Heritage List", and put forward requirements for further protection, inheritance and utilization of cultural and natural heritage.
Cultural and natural heritage is very important in the heart of General Secretary Xi Jinping.
"Historical and cultural heritage carries the genes and blood of the Chinese nation, and not only belongs to our generation, but also to future generations" "We should focus on building national parks, protect the authenticity and integrity of natural ecosystems, and leave some natural heritage to future generations" "World cultural and natural heritage is an important achievement of the development of human civilization and natural evolution, and an important carrier for promoting exchanges and mutual learning among different civilizations...... Over the years, General Secretary Xi Jinping has repeatedly emphasized the importance of cultural and natural heritage.
For the success of the three projects in the World Heritage List, General Secretary Xi Jinping further clarified the deep meaning.
-- "It is of positive significance for the construction of a Chinese-style modernization in which material civilization and spiritual civilization are in harmony and man and nature coexist in harmony."
Chinese-style modernization is a broad road to building a strong country and rejuvenating the nation. In his report to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping clearly outlined the Chinese characteristics in five aspects of Chinese-style modernization. The harmony between material civilization and spiritual civilization and the harmonious coexistence of man and nature are two of them.
The rejuvenation of a nation requires strong material strength as well as strong spiritual strength. The cultural heritage that carries the splendid civilization, inherits the history and culture, and maintains the national spirit is the non-renewable and irreplaceable resource of China's excellent civilization. The more cultural heritage is recognized and paid attention to, the more it can help people understand Chinese culture and enhance cultural self-confidence, and the more it can provide profound nourishment for the construction of socialist spiritual civilization.
On the other hand, the richness of natural heritage is closely related to the state of a country's ecological environment. Making natural heritage richer and more cherished is the proper meaning of "protecting nature and the ecological environment like protecting eyes", and it is also an important task to build an ecological civilization and a beautiful China.
- "It has added brilliant colors to the garden of world civilization".
In the long course of history, the Chinese civilization has established one peak after another with unique innovation and creation, and perseverance in the same lineage. As a "masterpiece of China's ideal capital city order", the "Beijing Central Axis" has Chinese characteristics, embodies the Chinese spirit, and contains Chinese wisdom, and vividly interprets "why China" to the world.
"A single flower is not spring, a hundred flowers bloom in spring." The new world cultural heritage has made the strong vitality of China's excellent traditional culture widely recognized by the world, and will help promote Chinese culture to the world.
At present, the total number of world heritage sites on the mainland has reached 59, ranking among the top in the world, and it is a veritable world heritage country.
To be big is to be big. General Secretary Xi Jinping put forward three "wants" this time.
- In terms of protection, "we should take the success of this inscription as an opportunity to further strengthen the overall and systematic protection of cultural and natural heritage, effectively improve the ability and level of heritage protection, and protect the cultural and natural treasures of the Chinese nation."
In the process of applying for the "Beijing Central Axis" as a World Heritage Site, a mechanism for public participation in the protection of cultural heritage was innovatively launched. By increasing biodiversity conservation and environmental governance, the geological and geomorphological features of the "Badain Jaran Desert-Shashan Lake Group" have been protected in their original habitat......
The inscription is for better protection and utilization. Only by summarizing the successful experience of inscription and improving the long-term mechanism can we continuously improve our capacity and level of heritage protection.
- In terms of inheritance, "we must continue to strengthen the inheritance and utilization of cultural and natural heritage, so that it will radiate new vitality and shine in the new era, and better meet the needs of the people for a better life."
After more than 7 centuries, Beijing's central axis is still growing. Whether it is the citizens who jog through the ancient Wanning Bridge in the morning, or the tourists who revel in the immersive digital exhibition on the first floor of the Drum Tower, they all feel the charm of traveling through the past and the present.
In accordance with the new progress of the times, we should promote the creative transformation and innovative development of Chinese civilization, so that the cultural and natural heritage can last for a long time and benefit the people.
- In terms of promotion, "it is necessary to strengthen international exchanges and cooperation in the field of cultural and natural heritage, and make new and greater contributions to the implementation of the Global Civilization Initiative and the building of a community with a shared future for mankind with practical actions".
According to the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, the traditional Chinese capital city planning theory and philosophical ideas embodied in the "Beijing Central Axis" have made important contributions to the history of urban planning in the world.
Prospering human civilization, sharing successful experiences, and strengthening cooperation in conservation – starting with World Heritage sites, China is contributing its wisdom and strength to continuously enriching and developing new forms of human civilization and promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.
Source: Xinhua News Agency
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