The total length is 8851.8 kilometers.
The State Administration of Cultural Heritage and the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping jointly announced on April 18, 2009 that the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty started from Hushan, Liaoning in the east, to Jiayuguan in Gansu in the west, and traveled from east to west through Liaoning, Hebei, Tianjin, Beijing, and Shanxi , 156 counties in ten provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) including Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Ningxia, Gansu and Qinghai, with a total length of 8851.8 kilometers. It passes through 359.7 kilometers of trenches and 2232.5 kilometers of natural hazards.
In accordance with Article 16 of the "Regulations on the Protection of the Great Wall", the State Administration of Cultural Heritage has issued the "Measures for the Management of Great Wall Conservators" to urge and guide local governments or other authorities where remote and unused sections of the Great Wall are located. The cultural relics authorities should hire local people as Great Wall conservators to patrol and protect the Great Wall, and provide appropriate subsidies to the Great Wall conservators.
According to statistics, there are more than 3,000 Great Wall protectors across the country, and the Great Wall in all provinces has basically achieved full coverage of protectors. However, due to insufficient support from local finances, the problem of team building and funding security for part-time Great Wall conservators is particularly acute. Promoting the participation of all people in the protection of the Great Wall is an important way to improve the level and effectiveness of the protection of the Great Wall. The State Administration of Cultural Heritage will support various social forces to participate in the protection of the Great Wall.
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In recent years, some over-repair problems have occurred during the restoration of the Great Wall, which has attracted social attention. In this regard, Song Xinchao, deputy director of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, said that the plan puts forward requirements for protecting the Great Wall in the future:
(1) It insists on giving priority to value, not only the overall value connotation of the Great Wall, but also each section and each section. The specific value of the point and its carrier.
(2) Adhere to prevention first, rather than excessive intervention, and protect the original state as much as possible.
(3) Adhere to local conditions and carry out classified protection of the masonry Great Wall, earth Great Wall and Great Wall with well-preserved architectural forms.
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