Xi’an Monitoring and Management Centre for Cultural Heritage Lauched

Xi’an Monitoring and Management Centre for Cultural Heritage has been launched days ago. It bears the monitoring mission of 5 sites of World Heritage “The Silk Roads: Routes network of Chang’an-Tianshan Corridor”in Xi’an. This is the initial monitoring institute which manages 5 World Cultural Heritage simultaneously.  

The centre constantly monitors the elements including settlement of ancient architecture, conservation status of sites, climate change and the changes of man-made/construction, compiles annual monitoring report, as well as routine management and archive for cultural heritage conservation. There are monitoring and management institutions for World Cultural Heritage in China, however this centre is exclusive because it bears 5 heritages at the same time.

On 22^nd June 2014, the project jointly nominated by China, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan “the Silk Roads: Routes network of Chang’an-Tianshan Corridor” was inscribed on the World Heritage List. Among those heritages, 7 sites in Shaanxi and 5 in Xi’an. This centre aims to monitor and manage those 5 sites, launched by Xi’an Administration of Cultural Heritage.

(by Mr. Pang Bo, Translated by IICC-X)