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sustainable development is not always well implemented by some local governments
and enterprises. There exist, more or less, excessive exploitation or even exhaustive
exploration. As regards to the mode of development, the normal practice is the
simple operation of selling tickets of some scenic spots within some enclosure.
Depth exploitation is still very rare.
Fourthly, cultural legacy is the important carrier of culture, art and science and
technology, and is very valuable resources of education. But there remains large
space for the utilization and exploration of these resources.
The solutions can be simply boiled down to: increasing input, training personnel and
making progress. But it is not easy to carry out these solutions. With regard to the
issue of utilization, there involve ―excessive‖ and ―simple‖ exploitation. So long as we
abide by the principle of sustainable development, allocate resources on the basis of
market mechanism combined with government regulation and control, we can settle
down the problems.
Science Times: You have gone abroad on the tour of investigation for many times
and had much communication and cooperation with experts at cultural legacy in
Italy. Have you found any advanced ideas or practices from abroad that we may
draw on?
Su Rongyu: Yes, a lot. But I need to clarify first that all countries in the world have
their own problems concerning the protection of cultural legacy. To my mind, Italy‘s
research on cultural legacy, either on the academic or practical side, is very excellent
in general. Many theories, concepts and notions are proposed by Italian scholars,
such as ―principle of minimum intervention‖, ―principle of recognition‖, ―principle of
reversibility‖, etc. Heritage protection through law-making also originated from Italy.
Actually, many developed countries lay much emphasis on the protection of cultural
legacy. Of course, they all have their own characteristics. During the study of and
visit to the United States and Europe, we have come with the following findings.
Firstly, the large number of specialists in heritage research in these countries
impresses us deeply.
Secondly, heritage sites and heritage museums are very open to the outside. All the
researchers both at home and abroad are welcome to conduct research on their
heritage, and they even provide financial support.
Thirdly, although countries like the United States and Europe have discovered many
ways and techniques for heritage protection, a very small amount of them are put
into use, which well represents their prudence.
Fourthly, countries like the United States and Europe have tremendous input in
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