Poetry and Distant Need to Be Protected Old Town of Lijiang Restricted Access 7 Kinds of Business Projects

　　CCTV News:Recently, the Protection Administration of Old Town of Lijiang, Yunnan Province issued the Interim Measures for the Administration of Access and Exit of Market Operation Projects in Dayan Ancient City of Lijiang, which came into effect on April 1, 2019 and was valid until March 31, 2022. The method clarifies the Negative List of Business Projects in Old Town of Lijiang, which is divided into two categories: restricted access category and prohibited access category (timely adjustment).

　　There are seven categories of restricted access projects that are not allowed to operate, including catering, tambourines, bars, jewelry, jade, jade, beeswax, amber, farmers’ markets, tea bars, cosmetics and so on. Prohibited access categories include open-flame barbecue, dance halls, Internet cafes, digital products, sauna massage, beauty salons, modern clothing sales and other 16 categories.

　　CCTV reporter learned from Old Town of Lijiang Protection Administration that the business projects discouraged in the measures will be strictly controlled and will not be approved in principle. Operators who have already obtained the Access Certificate for World Cultural Heritage Old Town of Lijiang Business Projects or the Permit for Old Town of Lijiang Business in Scenic Areas will gradually reduce their scale and quantity according to regulations, and gradually guide them to switch to business. For the business projects prohibited in the measures, if they have existed before the implementation of these measures but have not been transferred to the business in time, the ancient city protection and management institutions and relevant industry departments will jointly guide them to transfer to the business or withdraw from the business in the ancient city.

　　The measures also pointed out that operators engaged in business activities in the area of Dayan Ancient City in Lijiang are strictly prohibited from taking unfair means to compete for tourists and soliciting customers, slaughtering customers, bullying customers and other illegal acts that disrupt the tourism order and business order of the ancient city. In addition, this method also clarifies the decoration style of business premises in the ancient city, including that the pattern and style of shops must follow the basic form of traditional commercial shops in Old Town of Lijiang, and the traditional architectural style must not be destroyed when the original dwellings are repaired.

　　(CCTV reporter Jiang Houbo Qin Fen)