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  • In recent years the conservation

    2018-10-22

    In recent years, the conservation of the Grand Canal has drawn increasing attention. In 2004, at a conference held by the Chinese People\'s Political Consultative Conference National Committee, the director of State Administration of Cultural Heritage, Shan Jixiang, mentioned for the first time that the Grand Canal should be on the preparing list of the world heritage of China, which means the Grand Canal is being proposed to be included in the World Heritage List. This statement was made official in 2006, when the Grand Canal had been designated in the sixth batch of major sites to be protected at the national level. In a conference held by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage in Yangzhou in March 2008, it read more here was declared that the groundwork for the application of the Grand Canal to be included in the said list read more here started formally. From March to June 2008, the Chinese Cultural Heritage Research Academy and the Southeast University worked together to research the Guideline of the Conservation Planning of the Grand Canal. According to the Guideline, the Grand Canal cultural heritage sites comprise five parts: first, the engineering features of the canal itself—channels, retaining walls, wharves, locks, dykes, and bridges—and sites related to the infrastructure of the canal, such as government offices, granaries, and inns; second, the historical towns and villages that line the Grand Canal; third, the tangible structures of cultural heritage that line the Grand Canal, such as historical architectures, ancient tombs, temples, steles, and early modern and modern heritage sites; fourth, the landscape environment of the Grand Canal; and fifth, the intangible cultural heritage relating to the Grand Canal (Guideline of the Conservation Planning of the Grand Canal, 2008).
    Current management situation Aside from these two departments, still others are responsible for the Grand Canal, such as the Environmental Protection Department (responsible for the protection of the environment along the canal), the Tourism Department (charged with tourism development along the canal), and the Construction Department (responsible for construction along the canal). An example is the Huai\'an section (Fig. 6).
    Conflict among different departments
    Conflict among departments and the local government The Regulations of the People\'s Republic of China Governing the Administration of River forbid building, grazing, digging, burying, mining, and the like, on the lands protecting the banks. In fact, the management of the canal is concerned with many objectives, most of them are borne by government behavior and play important roles in local development. The interference of the local government hinders management efforts by the local water resource department. On the other hand, the Rules of Implementation of the People\'s Republic of China Governing the Administration of Channel permit sand excavation in navigable rivers by the Water Resource Department and the Transportation Department, provided Unequal crossing-over does not worsen navigable conditions. In Luoma Lake in the Suqian section, sand excavation can be seen everywhere under the encouragement of the local government (Fig. 7).
    Problems in the bid for inclusion in the World Heritage list To prepare for it\'s bid to be included in the World Heritage List in the near future, the Grand Canal must be managed according to the guidelines for world heritage sites, and must be monitored by the UN. Every department has expressed it\'s willingness to support this bid. However, their efforts are subject to more rigorous management guidelines, such as the Guideline of the Conservation Planning of the Grand Canal, which stipulates that the rebuilding or expansion of the canal and the building of ports or wharfs must be approved by the Cultural Heritage department at the provincial level. Both the Water Resource and the Transportation departments say this will inconvenience their daily work.