Since beginning his career nearly 20 years ago, Shan has walked and surveyed nearly every historic street in Beijing, China's rapidly modernizing capital city. As director of the Beijing Cultural Heritage Bureau and executive director of China's Capital Planning Commission, Shan has been a powerful and effective leader. He has been instrumental in maintaining the city's unique cultural characteristics through several plans, including "Beijing's Historic Streets Zone Preservation Plan," "The Forbidden City Preservation Plan," and the "The Old Summer Palace Preservation Plan."
Promoted head of the SACH in 2002, Shan helped secure passage of China's landmark National Historic Cultural Heritage Protection Law. He also has overseen preservation planning for all of China's National and World Heritage sites.
"We have learnt from our work that key cultural relic sites play an important role in publicizing traditional Chinese culture, promoting patriotic education and education on revolutionary traditions, therefore, it is of great importance to protect them. To this end, public involvement will play a significant role in it, “the charismatic Shan finally concluded.
Editor: Hu Zhicheng
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