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A decade of Yangtze conservation: how Jiangsu is reviving millennia-old cultural heritage

长江十年行 | 文润大江,解锁千年文脉的焕新密码

A Modern Express feature, republished by NetEase, marks the tenth anniversary of China's Yangtze River Protection strategy by detailing how Jiangsu province is integrating cultural heritage preservation with ecological restoration. The piece highlights archaeological discoveries from 8,000-year-old sites, the transformation of industrial shorelines into public cultural spaces, and efforts by young artisans to modernize intangible cultural heritage like the Taiping mud whistle.

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The article frames the Yangtze as the 'representative symbol of the Chinese nation' and a 'symbol of Chinese civilization,' directly invoking President Xi Jinping's 2020 call to 'protect, inherit, and promote Yangtze…

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