China to strengthen cultural relic protection

Technical staff check lightning protection facilities at the eastern royal tombs of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), a historic building complex, in Zunhua City of Tangshan, north China's Hebei Province, May 8, 2018. The National Cultural Heritage Administration will work out a plan to better protect cultural relics and speed up the creation of a safety oversight platform in 2019. Stressing the importance of such protection, Liu Yuzhu, head of the administration, said lax enforcement is a prominent problem that endangers cultural relics, at a meeting attended by cultural heritage administrators nationwide. (Xinhua/Liu Mancang)