This year, China is expected to double spending on the protection of cultural heritages, particularly large, ancient tomb groups and towns. Shan Jixiang, director of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, said that the state would allocate 250 million yuan (about US$30 million) in special funds for drawing a plan in protection of more than 30 major ruins along the Xinjiang section of the world-renowned ancient Silk Road. According to Shan, workers of cultural heritage administrations at various levels are exerting their utmost to rescue cultural relics along the route of China's mammoth south-north water diversion project.

　　(CRI)