Details of exhibitions, memorial sweeps, family searching, etc. New regulations for the protection of martyrs’ memorial facilities will come into effect on November 1

Reporters learned yesterday from the Ministry of Veterans Affairs that the newly revised "Measures for the Protection and Management of Martyrs Memorial Facilities" will be officially implemented on November 1 this year. The new regulations make up for the shortcomings in the management and maintenance of scattered martyrs' facilities, standardize construction behaviors, and at the same time refine the contents of exhibitions, memorials, sweeps, and family searches, so that martyrs' memorial facilities can receive more comprehensive and standardized protection.

The newly revised "Measures for the Protection and Management of Martyrs' Memorial Facilities" further improves the hierarchical protection system. On the basis of improving the normalized management and maintenance of national, provincial, municipal and county-level memorial facilities, it clarifies the management and maintenance responsibilities of martyrs' memorial facilities with undetermined protection levels and scattered distribution. The use of martyrs' memorial facilities is not allowed to be changed without authorization, and martyrs' memorial facilities are not allowed to be bought, sold or mortgaged.

In addition, in terms of planning and construction, the newly revised "Measures for the Protection and Management of Martyrs' Memorial Facilities" strictly regulate the construction, relocation, reconstruction and expansion of martyrs' memorial facilities, and strictly control disorderly construction and duplication of construction.

The "Measures" further highlight the public welfare nature of martyrs' memorial facilities, improve the protection and management of cultural relics and martyrs' memorial facilities and scattered martyrs' memorial facilities, refine the provisions related to the renovation and display of martyrs' memorial facilities and memorial services, and add new contents such as the digital use of exhibitions and displays, the storage of remains and relics, and the search for relatives of martyrs.