Top News Dahe Network reporter He Zhiquan
"The Hongqi Canal is a 'living heritage', with distinct technical characteristics and superb construction technology compared with other water conservancy projects, and is an outstanding example of an Asian contour irrigation canal, so it can fill the gap in the current World Heritage List in terms of technical characteristics and geography." On January 18, Liu Wen, a member of the Henan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and a member of the Liaison Committee of the Central Committee of the China Association for Promoting Democracy, said in an interview with a reporter from Dahe Network.
Liu Wenxin believes that the Hongqi Canal has a greater influence at home and abroad, and by declaring the World Cultural Heritage, it can more comprehensively and intuitively show the world the world miracle created by the continuous and profound interaction between the local people and the unique terrain and hydrological environment in the mountainous areas of northern China in the state of extreme water shortage environment and material scarcity, which is conducive to enhancing cultural self-confidence and national self-confidence and contributing to the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind.
Hongqi Canal construction site
It is understood that the Hongqi Canal declaration of world cultural heritage has been fully launched since 2016, and in 2018, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage approved the overall plan for the protection of hongqi canal cultural relics. At last year's National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, member Shen Kaiju put forward the "Proposal on Accelerating the Declaration of the Hongqi Canal as a World Cultural Heritage," which aroused the great attention of the relevant departments of the state.
However, due to the fact that hongqiqu is a red heritage of modern history and is located in Jinyu and Henan provinces, the joint declaration work is not well communicated and coordinated, and the progress of the declaration work is slow.
Liu Wenxian suggested that the provincial party committee, the provincial government, the provincial development and Reform Commission, the provincial department of culture and tourism and other relevant units and Shanxi Province to establish a joint leading group for the application for heritage, establish a consultation and communication mechanism between the two provinces, coordinate and work together to promote the establishment of an inter-provincial protection and heritage application coordination mechanism, and work together to promote the application for the Red Flag Canal.
At the same time, it is recommended to combine the daily maintenance of cultural relics with the necessary repair projects, and gradually improve the level of cultural relics display, while strictly controlling the construction activities in the protected area, and effectively maintaining the authenticity and integrity of the heritage.
Liu Wenxian said that in accordance with the requirements for the declaration of world cultural heritage, the organization of Anyang City and Linzhou City to apply for heritage should compile and improve normative documents and submit them to the State Administration of Cultural Heritage and the application organization step by step.