Jinan Times APP:

The preservation and utilization of revolutionary cultural relics are of great significance. Can you talk about what specific measures have been taken by the NCHA concerning the preservation and inheritance of revolutionary cultural relics, so as to better pass down revolutionary traditions? Thank you.

Guan Qiang:

Thank you for your question. The protection of revolutionary cultural relics is very important. Revolutionary cultural relics carry the glorious history of the Party and the people's heroic struggles, record the great course and touching deeds of the Chinese revolution and are a powerful spiritual force to promote high-quality economic and social development. In particular, with regard to the education of young people, it is necessary to strengthen publicity and promotion. In recent years, the NCHA has grounded our efforts in the new stage of development, followed the new development philosophy, fostered a new development paradigm, taken high-quality development as our overarching task and have made remarkable progress in exploration and practice that focus on the protection and utilization of revolutionary cultural relics and the inheritance and promotion of revolutionary culture, producing new strides toward preservation and utilization of revolutionary cultural relics.

We have been increasing our efforts to protect revolutionary cultural relics. We have continued to implement the protection and display of cultural relics over the 100 years of Party history, the protection and utilization of revolutionary cultural relics in contiguous areas and have themed protection and display projects on revolutionary cultural relics. We have strengthened coordination and planning as well as have compiled special plans for 27 areas with the protection and utilization of revolutionary cultural relics, promoting the overall planning, continuous protection, coordinated display as well as leading and exemplary role of revolutionary cultural relics. This year marks the 60th anniversary of the successful detonation of China's first atomic bomb. In order to vigorously carry forward the spirit of "Two Bombs, One Satellite," we continue to strengthen the protection of relevant former sites and have successively completed the protection and display projects of the first and second nuclear weapon research and development bases as well as the former site of the 711 meritorious uranium mine of the nuclear industry.

We have made innovations in the display and dissemination of revolutionary cultural relics. Focusing on the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China (PRC), we have worked with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Water Resources, the All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese, the All-China Women's Federation and the China Railway Group to carry out publicity activities with the theme of "The Footprints of the PRC." Using physical objects to testify and narrate history, the publicity activities have vividly demonstrated the historic achievements and historic changes that have taken place in our cause under the leadership of the CPC. Focusing on forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation, we have actively worked with the National Ethnic Affairs Commission to carry out soliciting and promotional activities for a touring exhibition that is themed "Harmonious China, Building Dreams with One Heart: Exhibition of Revolutionary Cultural Relics." We have found and effectively used the historical facts and physical testimonies of exchange and integration among various ethnic groups to promote revolutionary culture in ethnic regions.

We have given better play to the role of revolutionary cultural relics in education. We have worked closely with the Ministry of Education and have actively promoted the integration of revolutionary cultural relics with the construction and integration of ideological and political education in primary and secondary schools as well as colleges and universities. In 2024, more than 2,260 "greater ideological and political courses" based on revolutionary cultural relics have been launched. One hundred revolutionary memorial halls and museums have been announced as teaching bases dedicated to fine traditional culture, revolutionary culture and advanced socialist culture. The "ideological and political courses in memorial halls and museums," "walking ideological and political courses" and "ideological and political courses on the themed tourism trails" have also been very popular among teachers and students.

We have also advanced integration and innovation of revolutionary cultural relics to drive development. We have released the first batch of "Red Grasslands" and have launched tourism trails themed on revolutionary cultural relics such as "Re-taking the Long March," "The CPC Central Committee Moves to Northern Shaanxi," "Red Flags Flying on Taihang Mountain," "New Fourth Army Heads Towards East and North" and "Yimeng: Feeling at Home," continuing to meet personalized, diversified and upgrading demands of people for public cultural services as well as effectively utilizing revolutionary cultural relics to benefit people's lives. Thank you.