| Since the industrial revolution begins, scientific improvement has been the promotion of economic development. The cultural of city is also industrialized along with the development of industry. As the important carrier of regional spirit and the unique historical testimony of social feature industrial heritage is so valuable and immeasurable that it should be protected as our precious heritage resource. Considering the identification, the protection and utilization of industrial heritage is highly complex and vast. Thus, it is necessary to protect industrial heritage by means of international cooperation and assistance. Industrial heritage protection has become an important issue all over the world. While, due to less time to practice, the research on this field is not mature. As the level of national economy and cultural is various, and the breadth and depth of research is different, how to promote the recognition and protection of industrial heritage and strengthens the international communication and cooperation in the existing system and framework is worth researching.Tracing the evolution of the concept of industrial heritage, this paper clarifies the meaning, value, and classification of industrial heritage, including the similarities and differences between concepts, which is based on the conceptual analysis. Then the paper analyzes the international legal ideas and basis of the industrial heritage conservation. Using the inductive method, this paper analyzes and describes the path of international protection of industrial heritage which contains a number of international legal documents, by studying"the world cultural heritage and natural heritage convention","the Nizhny Tails charter"and other relevant international legal documents. With analyzing and integrating the international legal protective path of industrial heritage which is based on the existing international conventions and treaties, many issues has been expounded, such as the protection concept, international legal basis and the path of international legal protection. At last, this paper lists and comments the practice of worldwide protection of industrial heritage, compares the status of domestic and foreign industrial heritage protection and proposes suggestions for improving protection of industrial heritage in China. The purpose of this paper is to provide new ideas and methods to theoretical research of industrial heritage protection.This paper contains four apartments:The first part is the summary of industrial heritage. And clarifying the development of conception, the definition and the classification. The connotation, the value and the issue on the relationship between industrial heritage and other types of heritage is mainly analyzed.The second part is the summary of legal basis on the international protection of industrial heritage. And clarifying the legal ideas for the international protection of industrial heritage. Then analyzes the legal basis and foundation of international protection of industrial heritage, from three perspective:state sovereignty, international human rights and international environment.The third part mainly generalizes and analyzes the path of international legal protection, considering the current international documents. Due to those aspects: international environmental laws, international humanitarian laws and international human rights laws. The international environmental protection is relatively mature and perfect path, which rely on the World Heritage List System and World Intangible Heritage List System. List System which increased the visibility of industrial heritage and made industrial heritage gain more international attention, has played a significant role in the protection of industrial heritage.The fourth part analyzes the practice of sovereign states. The paper evaluates the foreign successful experience and examples of industrial heritage protection, compares the current situation at home and abroad, and proposes suggestions for the protection of industrial heritage in China. |
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