A Study on the Administration and Management of World Cultural Heritage in China

Abstract

Due to long history and multi-culture, China has abundant world cultural heritage resources. This paper focuses on the administration and management of world cultural heritage in China. Not only reviews and assesses on administration and management types, the authors also gives an introduction of the related laws and polices on world cultural heritage in this country. Furthermore, the purpose of this study is to figure out the characteristics of the administration and management of world cultural heritage in China based on a glance research over the subjects. The results show that the main constituent of the administration and management is changing: from commercial enterprises to governmental organizations. Besides it also indicates that lots of laws and policies have been developed to protect and manage the world cultural heritage. However, it’s worth noting that the issued authorities are multifarious. Most of the world cultural heritage sites have their own professional management organizations, which are founded by different higher governmental authorities. This paper appeals the Chinese government to set up a unified organization to conduct all related items, and promulgate corresponding laws and policies.