Guiding principle for ICH safeguarding

　　In the protection work of intangible cultural heritage, the Chinese government follows the guiding principle of "protection as priority, rescue as primacy, rational utilization, and inheritance for development."

　　In the meantime, the government also pursues the working principle of "government leadership, social participation, clarification of duty and responsibility, combination of forces, as well as long-term planning, implementation by steps, integrating priorities with entirety, and emphasis on effect and efficiency."