6 – 8 April 2016
Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China

Modern China reawakened its interest in heritage protection in the late 1970s – as a counter to the widespread destruction and the catastrophic loss of its cultural assets during the Cultural Revolution. Following the introduction of the Law on Protection of Cultural Relics in 1982 and the country’s ratification of UNESCO Convention in 1985, the state government has certified cultural heritage through national legislation and nomination and, in the meanwhile, has increasingly devolved both power and responsibility for the heritage conservation and its finance to the local authorities. The scope of heritage protection has been expanded significantly over the past four decades … more… 

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