The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development released the "15th Five-Year Plan for the Protection and Inheritance of Historical and Cultural Cities (Towns and Villages) and Historical Buildings"

The reporter learned from the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development today (20th) that the "15th Five-Year Plan for the Protection and Inheritance of Historical and Cultural Cities (Towns and Villages) and Historic Buildings" was recently issued, clearly proposing a number of major indicators and putting forward specific requirements for promoting the investigation and identification of historical and cultural resources, strengthening overall protection and living inheritance.

The "Plan" proposes that by 2030, the number of cities and counties that meet the national protection standards for famous historical and cultural cities, the number of towns that meet the protection standards for Chinese historical and cultural towns, and the number of villages that meet the protection standards for Chinese historical and cultural villages will reach 155, 360, and 630 respectively.

Focusing on further promoting the investigation and identification of historical and cultural resources, the "Plan" proposes to carry out special surveys of old cities and old neighborhoods in all counties (cities, districts, banners), complete the third national census of ancient and valuable wood resources, and find out the resource base and protection status of ancient and famous trees and groups of ancient trees in the city.

At the same time, it is necessary to strengthen overall protection and living inheritance. The "Plan" proposes to implement a number of protection and improvement projects for national historical and cultural cities, famous Chinese historical and cultural towns and villages, and 300 historical and cultural blocks. It will promote the renovation and improvement of 15,000 historical buildings in various places to eliminate safety hazards. At the same time, provincial pilot projects will be carried out to improve the livability of residential historical buildings and traditional residences.