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New rules issued to protect ancient blocks, buildings

As of Feb. 1, new "purple lines" on city planners' construction maps will play a key role in preservation efforts during China's fast urbanization process, reported the China Daily on Monday.

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As of Feb. 1, new "purple lines" on city planners' construction maps will play a key role in preservation efforts during China's fast urbanization process, reported the China Daily on Monday.

Cities will be expected to set specific protection areas, marked with purple lines, for historical streets, blocks and buildings. All construction activities in these areas should be supervised, the newspaper quoted a ministry official as saying.

According to the new rules, damaging, demolishing and restructuring historical buildings; altering the traditional styleof old buildings, and illegal occupation or destruction of gardens,grasslands, lakes, roads all fall under the regulation. Also included are clauses to protect ancient and rare streets.

Although there is still room for improvement, the new regulations issued by the Ministry of Construction put a definite emphasis on preserving historical and cultural streets, blocks andbuildings, according to the China Daily.

The new rules are a response to the excessive emphasis put on economic growth by some areas, which has led to limitless over-exploitation of relics without any restraint and planning, the official said.

The government has already introduced "red lines" to highlight areas where public infrastructure facilities are and "green lines"for areas dedicated to greening programs.

Source: Xinhua

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