The capital construction and tourism development within the protection scope of Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes must abide by the policy of cultural relics protection, and their activities must not cause damage to cultural relics and their environment. Article 4 The provincial people's government shall strengthen the protection of Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes and implement unified leadership. The provincial cultural relics administrative department is the competent department for the protection of Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes.
Dunhuang Municipal People's Government has done a good job in protecting Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes and their environmental features in urban and rural construction, tourism development, environmental protection and disaster prevention and safety.
Other relevant administrative departments of the people's governments such as culture, cultural relics, public security, urban and rural construction, industry and commerce, environmental protection, tourism and customs shall do a good job in the protection of Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes within their respective functions and duties. Fifth Dunhuang Mogao grottoes protection and management agencies specifically responsible for the protection and management of Dunhuang Mogao grottoes within the scope of protection, and accept the supervision and management of the provincial people's government and its relevant administrative departments and the local people's government. Article 6 The protection of Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes shall be incorporated into the national economic and social development plan of the whole province and the overall planning of urban and rural construction in Dunhuang.
Dunhuang Mogao grottoes protection and management institutions should serve economic construction and social development. Article 7 The funds needed for the protection and management of Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes are mainly guaranteed by the national and provincial financial allocations. People's governments at all levels encourage and support Dunhuang Mogao grottoes protection and management institutions to develop cultural industries and attract donations and sponsorship.
The funds used for the protection and management of Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes, the funds of institutions, the funds of relevant foundations and other donated and sponsored properties shall be managed according to law, and the funds shall be used for special purposes, and no unit or individual may occupy or misappropriate them. Article 8 People's governments at all levels shall encourage social forces to participate in the protection of Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes and support cooperation and exchanges at home and abroad. Article 9 People's governments at all levels, their cultural relics administrative departments and Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes protection and management institutions shall actively take measures to collect cultural relics lost in Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes; Encourage and support domestic and foreign units and individuals to return or assist in the collection of lost Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes cultural relics. Chapter II Objects and Scope of Protection Article 10 The objects of protection of Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes in these Regulations include:
(1) Grottoes, wooden structures in front of caves, temple sites in front of caves and ancient pagodas within the protection scope of Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes;
(2) Murals and statues in Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes;
(3) Cultural relics and important materials collected, kept and registered by the Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes Protection and Management Agency;
(4) Underground cultural relics within the protection scope of Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes;
(5) The historical features and natural environment that constitute the Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes as a whole;
(six) other cultural relics that should be protected according to law. Article 11 The protection scope of Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes is divided into key protected areas and general protected areas.
Key protected areas: bounded by the east bank of Daquan River; South extends 500 meters from Chengcheng Bay to the south; To the west, the grotto cliff extends 2000 meters to the west; North to provincial highway 2 17 line 1 1000 meter milestone.
General reserve: east to the foothills of Sanwei Mountain; South to the whole Daquan River basin, including Daquan, Tiaohuzi, Dalapai, Xiaolapai, Kugou Spring and other waters; West to 2000 meters west of Mingsha Mountain watershed; North to provincial highway 2 17 line milestone 1000m, extending 3500m to the east and west sides with the highway as the center. Article 12 The provincial people's government shall, in accordance with the provisions of Article 11 of these regulations, set up protection signs and boundary markers for the scope of protection, and other units and individuals shall not move or damage them without authorization. Thirteenth in Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes outside the scope of protection can be delineated construction control zone, the scope of the provincial people's government to determine and publish. Chapter III Protection, Management and Utilization Article 14 The provincial cultural relics administrative department shall organize the preparation of the Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes protection plan, which shall be implemented after it is approved according to law. Fifteenth Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes key protected areas shall not be new permanent buildings and structures; Construction projects unrelated to the protection of cultural relics shall not be carried out in general protected areas. In the key protected areas and general protected areas of Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes, blasting, drilling, excavation and other operations are not allowed, facilities that pollute cultural relics and their environment are not allowed to be built, and activities that may affect the safety of cultural relics and their environment are not allowed. Because of the special needs of the construction project, must obtain the prior consent of the administrative department of cultural relics in the State Council, the provincial people's government for approval. Sixteenth in Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes key protected areas and general protected areas, the following activities are prohibited:
(1) Posting, scribbling, portraying, climbing and leaping on cultural relics, buildings, structures and protection facilities;
(two) shooting activities in areas without shooting signs;
(three) surveying and mapping cultural relics, buildings and structures without authorization;
(four) sand mining, quarrying, water, land reclamation, grazing, burning, picnic;
(five) advertising, grave repair, littering;
(six) unauthorized occupation or destruction of vegetation, rivers and roads;
(7) Shooting and hunting;
(eight) transportation or storage of explosive, flammable, toxic and radioactive substances;
(nine) other activities that may damage or destroy cultural relics, buildings, structures and environmental features.