City enacts rules to protect ancient fort complex

Jincheng, a historical city in north China's Shanxi Province, will enact a set of regulations to protect its ancient fort complex with an over-2,000-year history from Jan. 1, 2019.

The city's fort complex dating back to the Warring States period (475 BC - 221 BC) includes over 100 defense fortifications. The relics of each fort consist of gates, ramparts, ancestral temples, dwellings, wells, stone tablets and other ancient objects, according to an official with the city's legislature.

The complex requires immediate law protection given its inadequate management and research base, said the official.

The rules will forbid smoking, rubbish dumping, discharge of sewage and camping, while those that commit acts of vandalism, dismantlement and renovation without permission will also be punished.

Mining and quarrying activities are strictly prohibited near the complex's core protection areas. Companies or institutions against the regulations will face a fine of up to 1 million yuan (about 145,000 U.S. dollars) while an individual offense will carry a maximum fine of 100,000 yuan.