Every year on April 18, the International Scientific Committee of ICOMOS proposes various topic and organizes a wide range of events to promote monument and sites and the public aw areness of cultural heritage’s diversity and close connection to daily life. The key theme for 2019 is “rural landscape”. IICC-X organizes various of public events every year to respond to the call of ICOMOS International. In 2019, IICC-X laid foundation for the forthcoming season of the promotion for cultural heritage by hosting a specific debate competition focused on the preservation of cultural heritage. Held at the Small Wild Goose Pagoda, the competition attracted hundreds of tourists and students from elementary schools, high schools, and colleges. This event was co-organized by the Xi’an Institute and Archaeology, IICC-X, and Xi’ an Museum. It promoted knowledge for the conservation of cultural heritage to the public through four sections that are participated bystudents from elementary schools, high schools, and colleges. The topic for elementary school was “Who has received stronger influence from the cultural exchange along the Silk Road, Chinese or foreigners?” The first topic for high school students was “whether a vanished architecture can be re-visualised and re-valuable by exhibition and interpretation?” The second was “Which is more important for tourism development of rural landscape: cultural and heritage value -based interpretation, or leisure and entertainmentexperience?” College stu dents’ topic was “Would the nomination of rural landscape change the aboriginal li fe style?” This event had invited the archaeologist An Jiayao from the Central Academy of Literature and History, Ge Chengyong, Director at the Cultural Relics Press, Yan Haiming, Secretariat Director at ICOMOS China, as well as experts and front-line staffs working on conservation and management of Xi’ an heritages, such as Zheng Yulin, former director of Xi’ an Administration of Cultural Heritage, Ma Lijun, Deputy Director at the Xi’an Administration of Cultural Heritage, and Guan Zhaoyi, Deputy Supervisor at the office of preservation conservation for the heritage site of the Daming Palace in Qujiang District, Xi’ an. Participants of the debate and audiences are from a variety of renowned schools of Xi’an, and Shaanxi Province.
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