The Ministry of Culture to draft the Rules for the Implementation of the ICH Law

2011/06/28

At a meeting of publicizing the implementation of Intangible Cultural Heritage Law of the People's Republic of China (ICH Law), Minister of Culture Cai Wu said that the Ministry of Culture will focus on drafting the Rules for the Implementation of the ICH Law.

Currently, ICH is ushering in precious developing opportunities to get protected. As a combination of the ICH protection policies carried out by the Chinese Central Party and the State Council and the legal liabilities shouldered by government departments at all levels, the ICH Law lays a solid foundation for the long-term development on ICH protection cause in China. Officials from the Ministry of Culture said they would step up drafting the Rules for the Implementation of the ICH Law and refining the main legal regulations so as to ensure the operability and validity of the ICH Law. More efforts are made to bring into being an ICH Law backed up with administrative, local and departmental regulations.

Combining with the implementation status of the ICH Law, the Ministry of Culture will adjust its working plans to meet legal requirements, including to improve investigation institution, intensify ICH inventory protection, regulate the management on ICH inventory, perfect inheriting and transmitting systems, put into practice the supporting policies for representative inheritors, build protection mechanism, bring into full play the role of Inter-Ministerial Joint Conference and broaden communication channels to push forward the international exchange and cooperation on ICH.

According to the provisions of the ICH Law, the Ministry of Culture will further revise and improve the Interim Measures for the Protection and Administration of National Intangible Cultural Heritages and the Interim Measures for the Identification and Administration of representative inheritors of National Intangible Cultural Heritages; and will carry out specific measures for the institutions which have no expressly agreed terms but are clearly stated in the ICH Law.

(Source:IPR in China)