A absolute of 188 barrio in Beijing complete aural the accomplished 160 years are to be accustomed government aegis beneath a new cardinal issued this week, an official has said.
They cover several acclaimed landmarks erected back the accumulation of the People's Republic in 1949, he said.
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The ruling, which was appear on Wednesday, marks a change of tack for the city-limits government and its cultural charcoal department, which had ahead "paid absorption to the old and abandoned the young", according to a address in the Beijing News.
Wen Zongyong, agent arch of Beijing's planning commission, said: "Beijing is home to abounding amazing avant-garde buildings, but their aegis had not been on the government's agenda until actual recently."
Buildings to be adequate cover the 50-year-old Great Hall of the People, area the anniversary affair of the National People's Congress is held; schools complete by missionaries in the 19th century; and the city's aboriginal baptize works, which dates from 1908. The barrio are breach into two groups: From 1840-1949 and 1950-76.
"The barrio reflect either the actual development of association or the change of the art of construction," Wen was quoted as saying.
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Under the new ruling, the listed structures cannot be demolished, and any advance plan done on them haveto ensure their actual actuality is preserved.
Wang Yuwei, a administrator with Beijing borough administering of cultural heritage, said the listed barrio will be advised as cultural charcoal for added protection.
