Xinhua News Agency reported on December 28, 2015, the "Revision Draft of the Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Protection of Cultural Relics (Draft for Review)" issued by the Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council clearly stated that unauthorized removal or demolition of immovable cultural relics will face a maximum of 1 million Yuan fine.

　　The draft submitted for review stipulates that the general immovable cultural relics shall not be removed or demolished without authorization; if the removal or removal is necessary due to construction projects, it shall be approved by the county-level people's government; if it is an ancient cultural site or ancient tomb, archaeological excavations shall be carried out. Anyone who repairs immovable cultural relics without authorization, removes or demolishes immovable cultural relics without authorization, moves or demolishes ancient cultural sites, ancient tombs without conducting archaeological excavations, rebuilding the original site without authorization, and fails to make corrections in accordance with the requirements, the responsible unit shall be fined RMB 500,000 A fine of more than 1 million yuan and a fine of 20,000 yuan and less than 100,000 yuan shall be imposed on the responsible person; if a crime is constituted, criminal responsibility shall be investigated in accordance with the law.

　　The draft for review also stipulates that, according to the needs of cultural relic protection, a certain construction control zone may be delimited outside the protection scope of the cultural relics protection unit. Construction projects within the construction control zone of the cultural relics protection unit shall not damage the environment and historical features of the cultural relics protection unit, shall not construct buildings and structures that endanger the safety of cultural relics, shall not construct facilities that pollute the cultural relics and their environment, and shall not carry out activities that affect the safety of cultural relics. And environmental activities.

　　 If there are buildings or structures that endanger the safety of cultural relics before the protection scope of the cultural relics protection unit and the construction control zone are announced, the local people's government should deal with them in a timely manner, and the facilities that pollute the cultural relics and the environment shall be treated within a time limit.

　　Relevant units and people from all walks of life can submit their opinions on the draft submitted for review through the comment collection system of the Chinese Government Legal Information Network (http://www.chinalaw.gov.cn) before January 28, 2016. (Bai Yang)