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<strong>北京大学</strong>英语新闻网/<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>News</strong><br />

Beijing Forum 2007: Exploring the<br />

Prolonged Value <strong>of</strong> Mankind<br />

Heritage— An Interview with Li<br />

Wenhua, Academician <strong>of</strong> China<br />

Engineering Academy and Director <strong>of</strong><br />

Natural and Cultural Heritage<br />

Research, Chinese Academy <strong>of</strong> Sciences<br />

(CAS)<br />

By Tian Tian<br />

<strong>PKU</strong> NEWS 2007--10--26<br />

http://ennews.pku.edu.cn/news.php?s=193373313<br />

With the development <strong>of</strong> science and technology, the buildup <strong>of</strong> economic strength<br />

and the improvement <strong>of</strong> national quality, the protection <strong>of</strong> heritage has been paid<br />

more and more attention. Protecting mankind heritage and guarding our homestead<br />

have become a global concern. However, under the context <strong>of</strong> rapid urbanization<br />

and population expansion, resources have been decreasing. Heritage, as a kind <strong>of</strong><br />

resources, is also subjected to more and more pressure from economic<br />

development. How to protect our heritage under such conditions? How to tackle the<br />

relationships between heritage protection and economic development? These issues<br />

should not only be the subject <strong>of</strong> experts specialized in this area, but also be the<br />

common concern <strong>of</strong> scholars in other fields.<br />

For a long time, Li Wenhua, a renowned expert in bionomics and silviculture and<br />

academician <strong>of</strong> China Engineering Academy, has laid much emphasis on the<br />

protection <strong>of</strong> China‘s natural and cultural heritage. On June 10th last year, during the<br />

1st ―Cultural Heritage Day‖, Natural and Cultural Heritage Research, CAS, finally<br />

announced its <strong>of</strong>ficial foundation, with Li Wenhua elected as the director. Later on, Li<br />

was recommended into the expert panel <strong>of</strong> World Heritage Protection, the Third<br />

World Academy <strong>of</strong> Sciences.<br />

What original view and research results does Li Wenhua have concerning the<br />

research and protection <strong>of</strong> China‘s natural and cultural heritage? Let‘s review a<br />

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