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According to "Law on Relics Protection", it is regulated on the issue of
archaeological studies and excavation as the following three points. First,
according to Article 16 of "Law on Relics Protection", it is required to go
through the procedures of reporting and approval for all archaeological studies
and excavation work, and any unit or individual must not do the work without
getting permission from the State. Any unit or individual must not take the
unearthed relics as their own; second, according to Article 18 of the Law, in
process of infrastructure and agricultural production work, all units and
individual, if finding any cultural relics, should report to the local cultural
administrative departments immediately; Third, according to Article 21 of the
Law, all foreigners or overseas groups or organizations must not do
archaeological and excavation work in People's Republic of China without special
permission of the State Council after the report of the state cultural
administrative department. In addition, according to Article 4 of "Provisional
Methods on Research and Excavation work of Ancient Ashes and Ancient Tombs", if
traveling groups, and research team sent by a scientific research organizations
or other academic organizations find some ancient cultural sites or ancient
tombs on midway or in their work, they should protect the sites or tombs as
their original states and at the same time, report to local government which
will then report to Ministry of Culture of China for further instruction.
Without any instruction from the Ministry of Culture, they must not do
excavation work. In accordance with the above laws and regulations, if tourists
from both home and abroad find any scattered relics, ancient cultural sites or
ancient tombs in their traveling, they must report to the local government, and
must not do excavation work without getting permission, or squirrel away and
take the scattered relics privately.
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