On September 19, Zhao Shuguang, deputy director of the Shanxi Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau, went to Yicheng County to investigate the adjustment of the protection scope of smelting sites in Southern Yanan involved in the construction project of high-quality iron and steel new material industrial park. Liu Feng, deputy secretary of the county party committee and county governor, and Yang Wenming, deputy county governor, accompanied the investigation.

Zhao Shuguang and his party focused on the field inspection of smelting and casting relics, building distribution, soil layer survey, and drilling exploration in the wing steel plant area within the site. They listened to the report on the location, topography, protection scope, how to protect, utilize, inherit and currently existing problems of the county cultural and tourism bureau. Understanding the relevant situation and archaeological exploration situation of the former Yigang Steel Company when it was built, the experts of the Provincial Archaeological Institute put forward solutions and suggestions on the adjustment of the scope of site protection and the problems faced.
Liu Feng welcomed the arrival of Zhao Shuguang and his party, and explained the construction project of the park and the protection of the site in our county. It is hoped that experts will dig deep into the essence and connotation of the site, make multi-party arguments, and speed up the process of solving problems. Relevant departments should summarize the opinions and suggestions put forward by experts, attach great importance to the protection of sites, continuously improve measures in accordance with the principles of scientific planning and proper protection, effectively do a good job in the comprehensive protection of sites on the basis of solving problems, and accelerate the promotion of high-quality steel new material industrial park projects, so that cultural relics protection and economic development can help each other, so that modern smelting industry and ancient smelting civilization shine together.
Zhao Shuguang pointed out that the Provincial Bureau of Cultural Relics attaches great importance to the protection of cultural relics in Yicheng, and in view of the problems existing in the current project landing, the relevant departments are required to do a good job in the assessment report of the Yenan site as soon as possible, adjust the scope of protection and construction control zone of the site on the basis of protecting the authenticity of the site, and report to the competent department for approval in accordance with the procedures, properly solve the relationship between the protection of the site and economic development, and boost the economic and social development of The city.
Source: Wing City Today