When inspecting Shanxi recently, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that historical and cultural heritage is a valuable resource that cannot be regenerated and replaced, and protection should always be put first. In order to implement the important instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech during his visit to Shanxi, the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Congress entrusted the Standing Committee of Jinzhong Municipal People's Congress to form a law enforcement inspection team from May 18 to 19 to carry out the first law enforcement inspection since the revision of the Regulations of Shanxi Province on the Protection of Pingyao Ancient City. The inspection team has successively carried out field inspection on infrastructure upgrading and reconstruction projects of Pingyao ancient city, such as the South Street of the ancient city, Qingxu Temple, Shuanglin Temple, etc., and has a detailed understanding of the landscape renovation, file upgrading, research activities, and cultural relics protection projects of the ancient city blocks. The inspection team believes that the illegal construction of the ancient city of Pingyao has been effectively addressed, the protection and repair of historical buildings and key cultural relics have been steadily promoted, the management of scenic spots and scenic spots has been standardized and orderly, the intangible cultural heritage has been promoted and inherited, and the protection of the ancient city has become an important starting point for the economic and social development of Pingyao.
Legislative management, the ancient city is covered with legal "armor"
Pingyao Ancient City is a world cultural heritage, a national historic and cultural city, and a national 5A tourist attraction. It shows a complete picture of extraordinary cultural, economic, social and religious development in the development of Chinese history. How to protect and make good use of the ancient city has always been a major issue for provinces, cities and counties. In 1998, the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Congress formulated and promulgated the Regulations on the Protection of Pingyao Ancient City in Shanxi Province. In recent years, with the rapid development of cultural tourism industry in Pingyao Ancient City, the protection of the ancient city is facing new challenges. On September 30, 2018, the Regulations of Shanxi Province on the Protection of Pingyao Ancient City was revised. The protection of the cultural heritage of the ancient city has a legal basis to keep pace with the times, and also creates a new situation for the protection and utilization of the ancient city.
In order to solidly promote the implementation of the Regulations, Pingyao County held seven standing committees of the county party committee and seven executive meetings of the government to study the protection of the ancient city and related issues. The main leaders of the county party committee and the government have organized more than 20 special meetings to study the protection of the ancient city, covering all aspects of the protection of the ancient city, the rectification of illegal construction, and the upgrading and reconstruction of the ancient city infrastructure.
At the same time, Pingyao County has included the protection of the ancient city in its financial budget. At present, the county has invested 182 million yuan directly in the protection of the ancient city, including more than 45 million yuan in the renovation and protection projects of 15 national, provincial, municipal and county protection units, including Pingyao City Wall, Qingxuguan, Rishengchang, and Sangji Two God Temple.
In addition, taking the opportunity of the city's file raising and upgrading action, the county has improved the quality, banned rectification, standardized operation, and strengthened management through measures such as "one street, one whole, one construction, one plan, one plaque, and one art". The uncoordinated style and features have been effectively improved. The charm of the "ancient" and the "true" value of the millennium old city have been reproduced, and the quality of life of residents in the city has been significantly improved.
Thanks to the effective implementation of the Regulations, the architectural relics in the ancient city have been repaired and protected in high quality, the street style has continued to improve, and the intangible cultural heritage has been inherited and developed. While the protection work is upgraded, the culture and tourism industry complements each other and develops rapidly. In 2019 alone, 17.65 million tourists were received, and the total tourism income was 20.97 billion yuan. The employment problem of nearly 70000 people was solved through the tourism industry. The tertiary industry dominated by cultural tourism has become the most dynamic and promising sunrise industry in Pingyao.
Cultural and tourism integration, the ancient city shows cultural confidence
There are 20 national cultural relics protection units, 1075 immovable cultural relics and 3798 ancient dwellings of great conservation value in Pingyao Ancient City. The rich cultural relics and profound cultural accumulation make the protection and development of the ancient city a grand proposition.
When inspecting Shanxi, General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed that the development of tourism should be based on protection and should not be over commercialized, so that tourism can become a process for people to understand Chinese culture and enhance cultural self-confidence. The important instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech have provided fundamental guidance for the protection and utilization of the ancient city of Pingyao. Zhao Qinghua, deputy leader of the Leading Group for Law Enforcement and Inspection of the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Congress and director of the Standing Committee of the Jinzhong Municipal People's Congress, said that the protection of the ancient city is the first responsibility, and the transformation and development is the first goal. To achieve the complementarity between the two, we must take the path of integrated development of culture and tourism, by digging cultural connotation, providing cultural display, conducting cultural research Develop the cultural industry to promote and drive the upgrading of tourism and provide new impetus for transformation and development.
It is understood that the Pingyao County Party Committee and the Pingyao County Government firmly shoulder the primary responsibility for the protection of the ancient city, adhere to the coordinated promotion of the core protection area, the construction control area and the environmental coordination area, pay special attention to the protection of the "one city, two temples" cultural relics, and highlight the nine protection priorities stipulated in the Regulations, which include from historical buildings to traditional streets, from cultural protection units to commercial time-honored brands, From intangible heritage inheritance to community service. At the same time, Pingyao County takes the ancient city as the leader and vigorously develops tourism as the first goal of transformation and development. Adhere to the integrated development of culture and tourism, constantly launch new tourism products, enrich and develop new tourism formats in Pingyao on the basis of continuing to do a good job in international photography exhibitions, Pingyao China Year, International Film Festival, and Pingyao again.
Historical buildings are not only the eternal memory of a city, but also the best carrier of a city's civilization. Every bit of care for them reflects the level of urban refined management. "In accordance with the important instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech on his inspection of Shanxi, Pingyao County will take the opportunity of the" Regulations "law enforcement inspection, adhere to the principle of protection first, do a good job in inheritance and utilization, increase publicity, and promote the continuous improvement of infrastructure and people's well-being of the ancient city in an orderly manner according to law, so as to make the ancient city of Pingyao, a card of Shanxi and a card of China, more and more beautiful," said Shi Yong, the county head of Pingyao County. (Reporter Zhang Qian Correspondent Zhang Bingxu)
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