Renovation of Old Beijing City Wall Begins

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 ◆ Renovation of Old Beijing City Wall Begins

The renovation project of Beijing's city wall built in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) commenced Saturday.

This is one of two Ming Dynasty city walls in Beijing and the 1,600 meter section under repair stretches from Dongbianmen to Chongwenwen. It is badly damaged as it has not been repaired for many years.

Jia Qinglin, secretary of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, and Liu Qi, mayor of Beijing, have been to the city wall for spot checks on many occasions.

About 60 businesses and 2,000 residences in the region are expected to be vacated by the end of January 2002.

The renovators will replicate the original construction of the old wall. To do this they need 2 million pieces of the original bricks which over the years have been removed and used elsewhere for other purposes.

The municipal government has launched a brick donation campaign,urging people who have bricks from the old city wall bricks to donate them for the renovation. So far more than 200,000 original bricks have been returned by local residents.

The renovation project of Beijing's city wall built in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) commenced Saturday.

This is one of two Ming Dynasty city walls in Beijing and the 1,600 meter section under repair stretches from Dongbianmen to Chongwenwen. It is badly damaged as it has not been repaired for many years.

Jia Qinglin, secretary of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, and Liu Qi, mayor of Beijing, have been to the city wall for spot checks on many occasions.

About 60 businesses and 2,000 residences in the region are expected to be vacated by the end of January 2002.

The renovators will replicate the original construction of the old wall. To do this they need 2 million pieces of the original bricks which over the years have been removed and used elsewhere for other purposes.

The municipal government has launched a brick donation campaign,urging people who have bricks from the old city wall bricks to donate them for the renovation. So far more than 200,000 original bricks have been returned by local residents.

The renovation project of Beijing's city wall built in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) commenced Saturday.

This is one of two Ming Dynasty city walls in Beijing and the 1,600 meter section under repair stretches from Dongbianmen to Chongwenwen. It is badly damaged as it has not been repaired for many years.

Jia Qinglin, secretary of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, and Liu Qi, mayor of Beijing, have been to the city wall for spot checks on many occasions.

About 60 businesses and 2,000 residences in the region are expected to be vacated by the end of January 2002.

The renovators will replicate the original construction of the old wall. To do this they need 2 million pieces of the original bricks which over the years have been removed and used elsewhere for other purposes.

The municipal government has launched a brick donation campaign,urging people who have bricks from the old city wall bricks to donate them for the renovation. So far more than 200,000 originalbricks have been returned by local residents.

The renovation project of Beijing's city wall built in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) commenced Saturday.

This is one of two Ming Dynasty city walls in Beijing and the 1,600 meter section under repair stretches from Dongbianmen to Chongwenwen. It is badly damaged as it has not been repaired for many years.

Jia Qinglin, secretary of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, and Liu Qi, mayor of Beijing, have been to the city wall for spot checks on many occasions.

About 60 businesses and 2,000 residences in the region are expected to be vacated by the end of January 2002.

The renovators will replicate the original construction of the old wall. To do this they need 2 million pieces of the original bricks which over the years have been removed and used elsewhere for other purposes.

The municipal government has launched a brick donation campaign,urging people who have bricks from the old city wall bricks to donate them for the renovation. So far more than 200,000 original bricks have been returned by local residents.(xinhua)(12/22/2001)