The "Maritime Silk Road" International Cultural Forum issued an initiative to promote cooperation in the field of cultural heritage on the Maritime Silk Road

time：2022-11-27source：中新社browse：2,687

        China News Service Beijing China News Service, November 17 (Reporter Ying Ni) The reporter learned from the State Administration of Cultural Heritage of China on the 17th that the two-day "Maritime Silk Road" International Cultural Forum closed in Macau on November 17, and the "On the Maritime Silk Road" was released on the spot. Macau Initiative for Protection and Nomination of World Cultural Heritage”.

The forum takes the 50th anniversary of the "Convention on the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage" as the background, With the theme of "Maritime Silk Road Cultural Heritage Protection and Sustainable Development", it focuses on issues such as protection science and technology, contemporary value and significance, public participation and community development, sustainable use, and protection exchanges and cooperation of Maritime Silk Road heritage. The protection and management of the Maritime Silk Road heritage, the frontiers of academic research and the future development direction will be discussed and exchanged.

         Experts and scholars from the Archaeological Research Center of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage of China, the Asia-Pacific Office of the UNESCO World Heritage Center, the International Research Center for Cultural Property Protection and Restoration, and relevant scientific research institutions in Singapore, Japan, South Korea, Indonesia, the United Kingdom, and China participated in the event. Speaking at the forum, he shared the latest research results from multiple perspectives such as historical and archaeological research, value interpretation, landscape protection, and social participation.

         At the closing ceremony of the forum, on the basis of extensive collection of opinions and suggestions from cities in the Maritime Silk Road Alliance, experts and scholars at home and abroad, and overseas cities of Maritime Silk Road cultural heritage, from deepening international cooperation, consolidating the academic foundation, promoting the application process, strengthening protection capabilities, enriching Consensus has been reached in seven areas, including professional teams, digital improvement, and exploration and utilization, and the "Macao Initiative on the Protection and Declaration of World Cultural Heritage along the Maritime Silk Road" (referred to as the "Macao Initiative") has been released. This document will be jointly promoted by the international industry And deepen related work to play an important guiding role.

         The "Macao Initiative" proposes to declare the Maritime Silk Road as a world heritage, and to properly protect, effectively manage, and revitalize it will greatly promote exchanges and mutual learning among countries, ethnic groups, and cultures along the route, and jointly protect the heritage that belongs to all mankind. Ocean-related heritage. Based on this, it is proposed to deepen international cooperation, consolidate the academic foundation, promote the application process, strengthen protection capabilities, enrich the professional team, improve the level of digitalization, and explore the activation and utilization.

         The "Macao Initiative" expects to bring benefits to more countries and regions along the Maritime Silk Road through extensive research and protection under the framework of common values; Continuous and vigorous academic research and protection practice will write a new chapter for the exchange and mutual learning of civilizations of all mankind.

         This forum is the home event of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the promulgation of UNESCO's "Convention on the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage". Find a new chapter. At the same time, it will take this opportunity to promote international exchanges and cooperation in the protection of cultural heritage along the “Maritime Silk Road” and achieve the established goal of transnational application for world heritage.

         The forum is hosted by the Department of Social Affairs and Culture of the Macao Special Administrative Region Government and the State Administration of Cultural Heritage.