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Cultural relics and historic sites placed under proper protection

2025-04-07

Cultural relics sites of all types in China's Xizang had been examined and registered. There are 2,373 cultural relics units under the protection of governments at different levels. The Potala Palace, Norbulingka, and Jokhang Temple, together as one item, are inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The region boasts 155 sites of revolutionary significance, 43 museums, exhibition halls, and memorial halls, and 155 places on the list of immovable revolutionary cultural heritage. Between 2016 and 2024, over RMB2.84 billion was earmarked for 377 projects on the protection and maintenance of cultural relics. (White Paper: Human Rights in Xizang in the New Era)

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Editor: Ni Weijing, Peng Qing

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