"Strengthen the support for the popular science education function of museums", "further promote the digital protection of cultural relics", and "excavate and utilize the cultural resources of the Anti-Japanese War to promote the prosperity ......of culture in the new era".In 2023, 186 proposals of the National People's Congress and 123 proposals of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) condense the courage and good deeds of the deputies and members for the high-quality development of cultural relics, and reflect the people's ardent expectations for cultural relics to empower a better life.
The State Administration of Cultural Heritage fully implements the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, thoroughly publicizes and implements the spirit of cultural relics, implements the important expositions and instructions of the General Secretary on cultural relics, conducts in-depth research, actively adopts reasonable opinions and suggestions, promotes the transformation of the results of cultural relics work, and strives to hand over the answer sheet that the representatives and members are satisfied and the people benefit.
Strengthen organizational leadership and consolidate management responsibilities
Relevant suggestions and proposals include the Fourth National Cultural Relics Survey, the implementation of the "Chinese Civilization Exploration Project" and the "Archaeological China" major projects, increasing the protection and utilization of revolutionary cultural relics, and strengthening the protection and management of world cultural heritage. Suggestions and suggestions on improving the legal and regulatory system of cultural relics and building a long-term mechanism for the safety of cultural relics; Starting from meeting the needs of the people for a better life, it is proposed that science and technology empower the protection and utilization of cultural relics and promote the digital construction of cultural relics museums, which has important reference significance for the high-quality development of cultural relics in the new era.
The proposals were loud and the responses were solid and strong.
In March last year, at the first meeting of the 14th National People's Congress, the delegations of Shanxi, Sichuan, Hebei and Yunnan respectively put forward the "Proposal on Revising the Protection of Cultural Relics". The Education, Science, Culture, and Health Committee of the National People's Congress attaches great importance to the relevant issues raised by the bill, goes to Beijing, Shanxi, Yunnan and other places to conduct investigations, closely coordinates with the State Administration of Cultural Heritage and other departments, and urges relevant units to seriously study and absorb the opinions and suggestions put forward by the bill, intervene in the drafting process of the draft law in advance, and actively promote the process of amending the law.
In February this year, the "Proposal on Amending the Protection of Cultural Relics" was rated as 10 typical cases of high-quality deliberation of representative proposals by the General Office of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and the Representative Working Committee of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.
Undertake one thing to do a good job, reply one to implement one. The Party Group of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage attaches great importance to the handling of proposals from the National People's Congress and the CPPCC, insists on putting the improvement of the quality of handling in the first place, directs from the front, coordinates in a timely manner, convenes the assignment meeting and the promotion meeting for deployment and supervision, and issues the "Guidelines for the Handling of Proposals and Proposals of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage (2023 Edition)", and further improves the working mechanisms such as ledger management, coordination services, supervision and urging, assessment and evaluation, etc., to ensure that the responsibility is assigned to the person and the responsibility is compacted at all levels.
In-depth investigation and research to strengthen coordination and cooperation
The State Administration of Cultural Heritage adheres to the organic combination of the handling of suggestions and proposals with the study and implementation of the theme education of socialist ideology with Chinese characteristics in the new era and the large-scale research on cultural relics, so as to further improve the effectiveness of handling; Adhere to close communication and contact with representatives and committee members, strengthen the "whole process" and "real" communication, so that the sponsor and the proposal are negotiated, answered, and settled; Persist in taking the handling of suggestions and proposals as a powerful starting point for strengthening departmental coordination, strengthen communication and coordination with sub-offices and co-organizers, and improve the quality and efficiency of the handling of suggestions and proposals.
In response to the "Suggestions on Further Rationalizing the Construction of Rural Museums to Promote the Revitalization of Rural Culture", the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, together with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, and the People's Bank of China, went to Zhejiang, Shandong, Jilin and other pilot provinces to carry out research on the construction of rural museums, understand the progress and existing problems of the pilot work of rural museum construction, summarize and promote the pilot experience, and guide all localities to combine the resource endowment of rural cultural heritage and local development needs, and build a number of rural museums with prominent themes and distinctive characteristics according to local conditions.
In response to the "Proposal on Strengthening the Protection and Utilization of Marine Cultural Heritage", focusing on the archaeology of the No. 1 and No. 2 shipwrecks on the northwest slope of the South China Sea, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage has visited Hainan for many times to investigate the protection of marine cultural heritage, and the Archaeological Research Center of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, together with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the South China Sea Museum of China (Hainan) and other units, has carried out deep-sea archaeological investigations, made world-class important discoveries in the sea area of about 1,500 meters deep on the northwest slope of the South China Sea, and placed underwater permanent mapping base points in the southwest corner of the core accumulation area of the shipwreck site. The deep-sea archaeological results were reported by the People's **, Xinhua News Agency and **Radio and Television Station, etc., and the number of topics read in 3 days was 2200 million, widespread concern from the society.
From "advice on paper" to "action on the road", from "good words" to "good policies". The State Administration of Cultural Heritage closely integrates the handling of suggestions and proposals with the improvement of work style, in-depth investigation and research, and scientific and democratic decision-making, so that the process of handling suggestions has become a process of finding out the situation, proposing practical countermeasures, and improving work.
Highlight key points and increase the intensity of openness
It is "in line" with the development of the times and "at the same frequency" with the work of the center. From the "Proposal on Supporting the Construction and Development of Museums in Small and Medium-sized Cities" to the "Proposal on Accelerating the Construction Progress of the Taosi National Archaeological Site Park Project", from the "Proposal on Strengthening the Ability of the Grassroots Cultural Relics System to Perform Its Duties in the Fourth National Cultural Relics Survey" to the "Proposal on Accelerating the Construction of the National Xia Shang Civilization Archaeological Research Center", the State Administration of Cultural Heritage has promoted the solution of key and difficult problems in the process of researching key work and carrying out special research. Promote the overall improvement of the quality of handling.
At the same time, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage has strengthened information disclosure, and has responded to 46 proposals through public disclosure, including 26 proposals from NPC deputies and 20 proposals from CPPCC members, and has taken the initiative to accept the supervision of representatives and members of the public.
Suggestions on Strengthening the Protection and Utilization of the Former Residences of Contemporary Cultural Celebrities in Famous Historical and Cultural Cities, Suggestions on Promoting the Coordination of the Protection of Ancient Tomb Sites in the Central Urban Areas of Large Cities and the Living Environment of Residents, and Proposals on Increasing the Construction of County-level Museums ......On the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, we flipped through the reply letters to the suggestions and proposals, and we saw that the "golden ideas" of the suggestions and proposals are becoming a "golden key" to improve people's livelihood and well-being and promote the high-quality development of cultural relics.
In the handling of suggestions and proposals, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage has always adhered to the people-centered, focused on "emphasizing both results and processes", promoted the transformation of proposals into institutional measures for the protection and utilization of cultural relics through efficient and high-quality handling, and strived to solve problems in one aspect and promote work in one field, so as to provide solid support for the high-quality development of cultural relics.
Editor-in-charge: Gou Xiaoqing.