World Cultural Heritage Site：Shuanglin Temple

QIAOTOU is an ancient village in Pingyao, Shanxi Province, that is home to both men and gods. Its 2,000 villagers live in a walled compound accessed by four gates, while more than 2,000 deities and immortals occupy the Shuanglin Temple, located in the village center.     

Cultural Heritage and New Industry

In east China s Zheiiang Province is a small city with a 2,400-year histo-ry. Its name, Shaoxing, is well known as the setting for 20th century mod-ern Chinese writer LuXun's short story Kong Yiji about an intellectual confounded by the imperial exami-nation systeim.     

Pingyao Relocates Its Dwellers to Conserve World Cultural Heritage

THE Chinese film Raise the Red Lantern made the Qiao family courtyard where it was shot into a famous tourism destination. There are over 4,000 such siheyuan (family courtyards surrounded by rooms) in the ancient city of Pingyao, just a few dozen kilometers away. It was only when the film went on release that the owners of these properties became aware of their architectural and cultural value, and it was Zhang Yimou's film of ten years     

Two World Cultural Heritage Villages on one Amazing Mountain

QU Xinghu, a park employee, lives in a small cottage near Yuping (JadeScreen) Pavilion on Huangshan(Yellow Mountain) in China's Anhui Province. He looks after Huangshan's most famous tree, the Guest Welcoming Pine, of which a huge iron picture hangs in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.The Guest Welcoming Pine has been assigned guardians since the     

Dujiangyan Scenic Area──A World Heritage Site

THE Dujiangyan Irrigation System that has turned the 733,300-hectare Chengdu plain into farmland with constant good harvests, was actually constructed 2,200 years ago. As an exceptionally good example of water conservation works both in China and in the world, the ancient project has functioned perfectly, serving as a method of flood prevention, irrigation, navigation and power generation. Thus, it is one of the wonders in the history of hydraulic engineering, embodying ancient Chinese civi…     

World Heritage Sites in China and Date of Adoption by UNESCO

Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang (1987, 2004) Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor (1987) Mogao Caves (1987) Taishan Mountain (1987) Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian (1987) The Great Wall (1987) Huangshan Mountain (1990) Huanglong Scenic and Historical Interest Area (1992) Jiuzhaiqou Vallev Scenic and     

Magnificent Jinling——The Nanjing Cultural and Art Festival

It is in a season with its air filled with the scent of golden osmanthus that ancient Nanjing, capital fo East China's Jiangsu Province, will see the Third Nanjing Cultural and Art Festival focusing on a theme of "magnificent Jinling."To carry forward the spirit of the 16th National Congress of the Party, the festival will use various stage performances     

Forum on Coordinated Ecological and Social Development Of World Heritage Sites Held at Mount Emei

The Forum on Coordinated Ecological and Social Development of World Heritage Sites, a project under the 2006 cooperation programme between the Sichuan Provincial People' s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (SIFA) and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation of Germany and jointly sponsored by the SIFA, Sichuan University and     

A Cultural Gate to China——Brilliant Culture in Hebei

An exhibition titled "A Cultural Gateto China-Brilliant Culture in Hebei" was successfully held by the Hebei Provincial Government Information Office     

A Harmonious World and China＇s Responsibility

Building a harmonious world is an extension of the Chinese concept of building a harmo- nious society,and is at the core of China's diplomatic strategy in the new century.Building a har- monious world reflects a historical devel- opment trend,and is the common wish of     

Peace, Friendship and Future——The 2002 Tianjin International Children''''s Cultural and Art Festival

The 2002 Tianjin Interna- tional Children's Culturaland Art Festival cosponsored bythe CPAFFC and the Tianjin Mu-nicipal Government was held inTianjin from July 28 to August2, 2002 with the aim of enhanc-ing understanding and friendshipthrough art exchanges betweenchildren of different countries soas to promote world peace andjointly create a happy future.     

A Brief Perspective upon Human Rights and a Harmonious World

The word "harmonious", an adjective, can be defined as "friendly". Its synonyms include peaceful, rhythmical, unison, compatible and con-cordant. It can also be described as the art of using chords in music.     

Sound of the Dragon——Chinese Cultural Relics and Bell Art Exhibition

Sound of the Dragon-Chinese Cultural Rel- ics and Bell Art Exhibition coordinated by theCPAFFC and jointly sponsored by the Paris Mu-sic City and the Institute of European Bell Artwith the participation of the Beijing Great BellTemple Ancient Bell Museum and the Hubei Pro-vincial Museum was held in the Music City in Paris     

China and the World: A Mutual Need for Friendship

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The Vigorous Development of China's Township and Village Enterprises——A Miracle in the History of World Economic Development

HAVING made a detailed study of the development of China's township and village enterprises, an official from the World Bank exclaimed: "The development of China's township and village enterprises has created not only a miracle in the history of employment, but also a miracle in the history of world economic development."     

“Roots-Finding Voyage”—A Courageous Act in World Navigation

November 19, 2010 is a day that can go down the history of world navigation. Six brave men from French Polynesia and the Cook Islands in the South Pacific Ocean eventually arrived at Mawei (see the photo above) of Fuzhou City,     

Financial Law Protection Approach and System Construction of Economic,Social and Cultural Rights——international Comparison and Chinese Experience

Under Article 2(1) of the International Covenant on Economic,Social and Cultural Rights,States undertake three primary obligations,namely obligations of progressive realization, obligations of non-retrogression and obligations to the maximum available resources. In a domestic constitutional setting,it has been firmly established that protection of economic,social and cultural rights is unavoidably linked to all kinds of economic resources,this so-called resource-dependence dilemma has posed serious constitutional challenges to fulfilling our commitments to human rights.It is therefore not only useful but also necessary to transform the three primary legal obligations under ICESCR into specific and concrete fiscal obligations.This article provides three approaches for a systematic construction of a financial analysis of economic,social and cultural rights protection.First,States should identify all the available revenues in a democratic process.Second,the budget allocation of economic resources per se is a matter of allocative justice,and State legislatures must act in a way that meets the essential requirements of allocative justice.Lastly,States are bound by certain legal principles to deal with reasonable budget expenditure,and this is the primary obligation for the executive.Based on intensive international comparisons of selected jurisdictions and China's rights realities,this article proposes bifurcated solutions for China 's constitutional protection of economic,social and cultural rights both on horizontal and vertical levels regarding its ongoing fiscal reforms.