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China’s State Administration of Cultural Heritage (SACH) has announced plans to establish a national-level protection and research center to better preserve the Great Wall, Beijing Times reported.
据北京时报报道，中国国家文物局(文物局)宣布计划建立一个国家级的保护研究中心，以更好地保护长城。
Although China has made efforts in Great Wall protection since 1961, the state of the Great Wall is nevertheless worrying, said Dong Yaohui, an expert specializing in Great Wall protection. According to Dong, around 513.5 kilometers of the 6,259.6-kilometer Great Wall are well preserved, accounting for 8 percent of the entire length. Nearly 20 percent of the Wall - 1,104.4 kilometers - is under general protection, and 31 percent has already disappeared.
长城保护专家董耀会说，虽然中国自1961年起就一直尽力保护长城，但是长城的现况仍然令人担忧。据董说，全长6259.6公里的长城，只有约513.5公里的保存完好，仅占总长度的8%。1104.4公里中近20%的城墙只是一般的保护，31%的长城已经消失殆尽了。
Dong said that much of Great Wall has been demolished, or at least degraded, by humans or nature. Roads and railways pass through the Great Wall. Tourists steal and sell bricks. Climbing wild and remote sections of the Great Wall can also do damage, Dong added.
董说，大部分的长城或被人为拆除，或因自然原因逐渐退化。各种公路和铁路穿过长城。游客偷卖砖头。董补充说“野外攀爬和长城所处地理位置的偏远都对长城造成了损害。”
According to a previous report by People’s Daily Online, the 2016 Great Wall Public Offering project officially opened a Tencent donation platform on Sept. 1. This is China’s first cultural preservation fundraising activity attempting to utilize the Internet in such a direct, significant way.
根据人民网此前的报告，2016年长城公共开发项目于9月1日正式开通了腾讯捐赠平台。这是中国第一次进行文化保护募款活动，尝试以这种直接而有意义的方式利用互联网。