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How much of the Great Wall remains? |
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| www.chinaview.cn
2007-02-11 13:29:09
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Surveyors take down measurements of the
Great Wall out in the field. (File Photo: China.com.cn)
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BEIJING, Feb. 11 -- The State Cultural Relics Bureau has
announced a plan to map out the nation's pride and symbol -- the Great Wall --
over the next four years, to accumulate scientific data to better protect the
endangered relic, Beijing News reports.
13 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities,
including Beijing, Hebei, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Shandong, and Gansu, will join
hands in the survey.
The field work will begin this April, with the basic
results to be announced in the second half of 2008. Measures to be taken include
cartographic data and accurate length of how much of the Great Wall remains.
Compiled results of parts of the Great Wall built in the
Qin Dynasty (221-207 BC) and Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220) will be revealed in
2009, while compiled figures of what remains from other historic periods will be
released in 2010.
In recent decades, the Great Wall has been facing severe
challenges, both natural and man-made. Building up an up-to-date database of the
relic will help the nation better protect its heritage.
(Source: CRIENGLISH. com)
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