Coordinated Protection of Intangible and Material Cultural Heritage Under a Grand Heritage Vision

China Tourism News published an article by Song Junhua, director of Sun Yat-sen University's China Intangible Cultural Heritage Research Center, interpreting the Ministry of Culture and Tourism's 15th Five-Year Plan for intangible cultural heritage (ICH) protection and transmission. The article frames systematic ICH protection across three levels: the ICH elements themselves, their natural and human environment (especially the broader heritage system shared with material cultural heritage), and their relationship with national economic and social development. Coordinated protection of ICH and material heritage is highlighted as a signature innovation of the plan, supported by five measures:…