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SW China Sets up Fossil Protection Body

Southwest China's Guizhou province has set up a special committee for the protection of prehistoric fossils, to be headed by Long Chaoyun, the provincial vice-governor.


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Southwest China's Guizhou province has set up a special committee for the protection of prehistoric fossils, to be headed by Long Chaoyun, the provincial vice-governor.

Following the discovery of four areas with piles of valuable prehistoric fossils in Guizhou, a region marked by limestone rock formations, the provincial government organized a thorough survey on fossil resources over a four-month period ending July.

The survey revealed that some fossils were damaged, after a handful of people had dug them up without authorization and smuggled them to other cities in China, such as Chengdu, Nanning and Wuhan.

Long attributed the occurrence to inadequate government management and coordination among fossil protection and research units.

"The founding of the protection committee is aimed to arouse the concern of all social strata on protecting Guizhou's cultural and natural heritage and to better take care of these valuable resources," Long said.

Moreover, he said, his province would build a geological park at two of the regions where the large amounts of fossils had been found.

Some archaeologists and geologists in Guizhou called for drawing up a national law on cultural relics protection, especially rare fossils.


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