Chinese and French scholars discuss judicial protection of cultural heritage and the recovery of cultural relics
The China-France exchange on rule of law culture focuses on cultural heritage protection and cross-border recovery of cultural relics, analyzing new legislative and judicial approaches From return cooperation to digital archiving, promoting the implementation of international collaboration. Click to view China-France practical experience
On June 19, the ChinaFrance legal and cultural exchange event titled "Mutual Learning Among Civilizations · Coexistence of Rule of Law" was held at the former site of the ChinaFrance University in Beijing. The event focused on topics such as cultural heritage legislation, judicial protection, and the recovery of cultural relics across borders, with experts and scholars from universities, judicial institutions, and the cultural relics and museum sector in China and France taking part in the discussion.
Participants said that China and France already have a certain foundation for cooperation in areas such as the return of cultural relics and the protection of cultural heritage. Chinese scholars noted that after China revised its Cultural Relics Protection Law, the recovery of cultural relics that were illegally lost in history is not subject to a statute of limitations, providing new legal support for related work; French scholars introduced the institutional background of France's Cultural Heritage Law and the recently proposed bill on the return of cultural relics.
The discussion also covered the digital archiving of cultural relics lost overseas, regulation of crossborder trafficking, and grassroots judicial protection practices. The organizers said they hope to provide more experience and references for cultural heritage protection and international cooperation through sustained exchanges on the rule of law.