The reporter learned from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism that in order to strengthen the overall regional protection of intangible cultural heritage and further promote the construction of national cultural ecological protection areas, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism recently completed the acceptance of the construction results of a new batch of national cultural ecological protection experimental areas。

After material review, field visits, expert review and social publicity procedures，The Ministry of Culture and Tourism has officially announced the national cultural ecological protection experimental area that has passed the acceptance as a national cultural ecological protection area，They are: Qiandongnan Ethnic Culture Ecological Reserve, Hakka Culture (Meizhou) Ecological Reserve, Dali Cultural Ecological Reserve, Shaanxi Northern Cultural Ecological Reserve (Yulin City, Shaanxi Province), Jinzhong Cultural Ecological Reserve (Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province)。

According to reports, the national cultural ecological protection area refers to the protection of intangible cultural heritage as the core, the comprehensive protection of historical and cultural accumulation, good survival, important value and distinctive characteristics of the cultural form, and approved by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism established a specific area。According to the "Measures for the Management of National Cultural Ecological Reserves", in 2019, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism for the first time carried out the acceptance of the construction results of national cultural ecological protection experimental areas, and seven national cultural ecological protection experimental areas passed the acceptance and officially became national cultural ecological reserves。

It is understood that in the next step, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism will further strengthen the construction and management of national cultural ecological reserves。Clarify the main body of responsibility for the construction of national cultural ecological reserves, and consolidate the main responsibility of local people's governments。We will strengthen funding support and performance management, guide and urge construction units to increase funding, and include construction funds in the regular expenditure budgets of local public finances to improve the efficiency of the use of funds。We will carry out the overall planning and evaluation of the effectiveness of the construction of national cultural ecological reserves, and seriously deal with and delist those whose cultural ecology is damaged due to inadequate protection。