Cultural relics to be better protected

The National Cultural Heritage Administration — along with the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, the Supreme People's Court, the Supreme People's Procuratorate, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the General Administration of Customs — jointly released a work plan for 2023 to 2025 to crack down on crimes related to cultural relics on Friday.

The latest plan aims to strengthen campaigns against cultural relics-related crimes, and improve working mechanisms so as to disincentivize criminal attempts, the document stated.

According to the work plan, until 2025, solid progress will be made in combating such crimes, and the safety and integrity of cultural relics will be significantly improved.