A Study on Legislation for Protection of Cultural Relics in China: Origin, Content and Model

Abstract

Since the promulgation of the Cultural Relics Protection Law of the People’s Republic of China in the last century, China’s legislation on the protection of cultural relics has gradually formed a multi-level system of protection of legal sources, including the constitution, laws and regulations. After a long period of legal amendment, the content of the legislation on cultural relics protection gradually concentrates on the ownership of cultural relics, the units responsible for the protection of cultural relics, and the legal responsibilities related to the destruction of cultural relics. The focus of the origin and content of Chinese legislation on cultural relics protection determines the direction of the development of legislative model. By comparing and analyzing the theory of cultural relics legislation mode in different countries, the legislative way of cultural relics protection in China should belong to the legislative mode of coexistence of comprehensive legislation and special single legislation.