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　　外贸部、商业部、文物局关于加强文物商业管理和贯彻执行文物保护政策的意见
近几年来，各地文化、外贸、商业部门收购文物和组织一般文物出口工作，都取得了一定的成绩。但是，目前文物商业市场的管理还存在着一些问题，主要是多头经营、价格不一、市场混乱。甚至有的收购出土文物，助长＂挖坟取宝＂之风。这对文物保护都是极为不利的。
　　文物是我国的历史文化遗产，对珍贵的文物应一律禁止出口。对时代较晚、有大量复品、又无收藏价值的一般文物，可适当地组织出口。但是，这些文物是过去遗留下来的，货源只会日益减少不会增多。而且它是我们独有的特殊商品，不存在和其它国家竞争的问题。因而不宜采取＂成批销售＂的办法，必须密切注意国际市场的供求关系和价格变化的动向，采取＂少出高汇、细水长流＂的方针，有计划地组织出口。对文物商业市场，则应归口经营、统一收购、统一价格、加强管理。为了既有利于文物保护，又有利于组织一般文物商品出口，换取外汇，支援社会主义建设，特提出以下意见：
一、文物出口界限和鉴定标准。在未制定新的标准以前，仍应按原有规定执行。对于乾隆六十年（一七九五年）以后按标准可以出口的文物，如属价值较高，数量较少的（包括有代表性的现代艺术作品）要从严掌握。乾隆六十年以前的一般文物，经国家文物事业管理局特许批准者可以出口。革命文物或反革命罪证，不限年代，一律不准出口。
　　二、文物商业的管理和经营分工。文物商店应由文化部门领导，没有建立文物商店的省、自治区、直辖市应逐步建立。现由外贸部门领导的文物商店，应既移交文化部门领导，原有文物商店的业务人员和不动产（包括仓库）以及外贸部门和其它部门不准出口的库存文物一并移交文化部门。移交的文物可按原来收进的价格作价。文物部门资金、仓库不足的，可适当增加。今后各地文物应由文物商店统一收购。不属于文物性质的珠、宝、翠、钻由外贸部门统一收购（或委托文物商店等机构代购）。
　　外贸部门出口的文物商品，货源一律由文物商店负责供应。
　　文物商店门市部、友谊商店和外轮供应公司应只经营文物复制品和经过鉴定选择可以出口的一般文物，但只能零售，不得批发。文物商品售价应按外贸部门统一规定的价格出售。
　　银行、友谊商店、外轮供应公司、信托商店等都不得收购文物。友谊商店、外轮供应公司门市部向外宾销售的文物商品，统一由外贸部门供应。
　　三、文物、商业、外贸等部门，要互相配合，加强协作。文物部门应防止只注意收藏、不注意出口的片面思想，要积极鉴选可供出口的文物，供应外贸部门出口。商业、外贸等部门遇有交售文物者，应即通知当地文物部门处理；收购商品中夹杂收来的文物，要及时拨交文物部门。
　　四、炼铜、造纸和废品收购等部门，不要把文物当废品处理，应当配合文物部门进行拣选。其中可以出口的由文物部门提供外贸部门出口。拣出的铜器，由国家给以同等数量的铜。
　　五、文物商品应在指定的北京、上海、天津、广州四个口岸出口，须经文物部门鉴定、准许出口，海关始能放行。凡没有经过鉴定和办理准予出口手续的，一律不准出口。未经指定的口岸，一律不准办理文物商品出口业务，各地海关要把好关。
　　六、文化、外贸、商业等有关部门，要积极宣传文物保护政策，防止破坏古墓和古遗址等。要加强文物商业市场管理，坚决打击文物走私和投机倒把活动，防止外国人钻空子，防止有收藏价值的重要文物外流。
　　以上意见，如无不妥，请批转各省、自治区、直辖市参照执行。
　　CIRCULAR OF THE STATE COUNCIL FOR APPROVING AND TRANSMITTING THEPROPOSALS SUBMITTED BY THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE， THE MINISTRY OFCOMMERCE AND THE STATE ADMINISTRATION FOR PROTECTION OF CULTURAL RELICS ONSTRENGTHENING THE COMMERCI AL ADMINISTRATION AND IMPLEMENTING THE POLICYFOR THE PROT
　　Important Notice： （注意事项）
　　英文本源自中华人民共和国务院法制局编译，中国法制出版社出版的《中华人民共和国涉外法规汇编》（1991年7月版）。
　　当发生歧意时，应以法律法规颁布单位发布的中文原文为准。
　　This English document is coming from the "LAWS AND REGULATIONS OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA GOVERNING FOREIGN-RELATED MATTERS" （1991.7）
　　which is compiled by the Brueau of Legislative Affairs of the State Council of the People's Republic of China， and is published by the China Legal System Publishing House. In case of discrepancy， the original version in Chinese shall prevail.
　　Whole Document （法规全文）
　　CIRCULAR OF THE STATE COUNCIL FOR APPROVING AND TRANSMITTING THE PROPOSALS SUBMITTED BY THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE， THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND THE STATE ADMINISTRATION FOR PROTECTION OF CULTURAL RELICS ON STRENGTHENING THE COMMERCIAL ADMINISTRATION AND IMPLEMENTING THE POLICY FOR THE PROTECTION OF CULTURAL RELICS（December 16， 1974）
　　The Proposals on Strengthening the Commercial Administration of Cultural Relics and Implementing the Policy for the Protection of Cultural Relics，submitted by the Ministry of Foreign Trade， the Ministry of Commerce and the State Administration for Protection of Cultural Relics， is hereby transmitted to you for you to act upon accordingly.
　　PROPOSALS SUBMITTED BY THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE， THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND THE STATE ADMINISTRATION FOR PROTECTION OF CULTURAL RELICS ON STRENGTHENING THE COMMERCIAL ADMINISTRATION OF CULTURAL RELICS AND IMPLEMENTING THE POLICY FOR THE PROTECTION OF CULTURAL RELICS In recent years， the cultural， foreign trade and commercial departments in various localities have scored some achievements in purchasing cultural relics and organizing the export of ordinary cultural relics. At present，however， there still exist some problems with respect to the administration of the commercial market for cultural relics， which are mainly manifested in operations by too many departments， ununified pricing and confusion of market. Some departments even purchase unearthed cultural relics without authorization， thus encouraging the frenzy to "dig up tombs for buried treasures". All this has proved extremely detrimental to the protection of cultural relics. Chinese Cultural relics are our historical cultural heritage. The export of rare， precious cultural relics shall， without exception， be prohibited. With respect to ordinary cultural relics which are of relatively recent times， for which there are plenty of replicas and which are not valuable enough for collection， an appropriate amount may be exported in an organized way. Nevertheless， as these cultural relics are passed down from the past， their sources of supply will only decrease with each passing day. Moreover， as they are special commodities uniquely possessed by us，there are no such questions as competition with other countries. It is therefore unadvisable to "sell them in batches". Rather， we must follow closely the propensity of changes in supply and demand relationship and prices in the international market， adopt the principle of "exporting a small quantity at a time to secure longer supply but striving to earn greater amount of foreign exchange"， and organize the export in a planned way. Commercial market operations for cultural relics， shall be handled exclusively by an authorized department， with unified purchase and pricing and strengthened administration. To facilitate the protection of cultural relics and the export of ordinary cultural relics in an organized way so as to bring in foreign exchange earnings and support socialist construction， we now submit our proposals as follows：
　　1. On the limits of export and the standards for assessment with respect to cultural relics. Before new standards are formulated， the existing provisions shall continue to be implemented. Of those cultural relics in existence after the Sixtieth Year of the Reign of the Qian Long Emperor of the Qing Dynasty （i.e. 1795 A.D.） that may be exported in accordance with the existing standards， the more valuable and rare ones （including representative modern art works）， shall be put under strict restrictions. Ordinary cultural relics in existence before the Sixtieth Year of the Reign of the Qian Long Emperor of the Qing Dynasty may， with the special permission granted by the State Administrative Bureau of Museums and Archaeological Materials， be exported. The export of revolutionary cultural relics or objects that are evidence of counter-revolutionary crimes shall， without exception， be prohibited， irrespective of their times.
　　2. On the division of work as to the administration and the business operations in the business of cultural relics. Antique shops shall be placed under the leadership of the cultural departments. Provinces， autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government where there are no antique shops shall have them established gradually. Antique shops that are now under the leadership of foreign trade departments shall immediately be placed under the leadership of the cultural departments instead. The business personnel and real estate （including the warehouses） of the original antique shops， as well as the cultural relics in stock which the foreign trade departments and other departments have banned from being exported， shall be handed over to cultural departments. The cultural relics taken over may be priced at the same level as when they were formerly purchased. Funds and warehouses of cultural relics departments may be appropriately increased if they are in shortage. From now on， cultural relics in various localities shall be exclusively purchased by antique shops. Pearls， gems， jadeite and diamonds that do not fall within the scope of cultural relics shall be unifiedly purchased by foreign trade departments （or shall be purchased by anique shops and other agencies that are entrusted by foreign trade departments with such purchase on their behalf）。 Antique shops shall be responsible for the supply of cultural relics commodities that the foreign trade departments need for export. The sales departments of antique shops， friendship stores and suppliers for foreign vessels shall only handle replicas of cultural relics and ordinary cultural relics that have undergone assessment and selection and are classified as being exportable. But they may only engage in retail business and not in wholesale. Cultural relic commodities shall be sold at prices unifiedly fixed by foreign trade departments. No banks， friendship stores or suppliers for foreign vessels and commission shop， etc. shall be permitted to purchase cultural relics. Cultural relics commodities that are to be sold to foreign visitors by the sales departments of friendship stores and suppliers for foreign vessels shall be supplied by foreign trade departments.
　　3. It is imperative for cultural relics， commercial and foreign trade departments to co-ordinate their work and strengthen their co-operation. The cultural relics department shall guard against the one-sided mentality of caring only about collection while neglecting export and shall adopt a more active approach in assessing and selecting cultural relics that are exportable and supply them to foreign trade departments for export. If any one comes to hand over or sell cultural relics to commercial or foreign trade departments， these departments shall immediately notify the local cultural relics department so that the case shall be properly handled. Cultural relics that are found mixed with commodities purchased shall be sorted out and handed over to the cultural relics department in good time.
　　4. Copper refineries， paper mills and salvage stations shall see to it that the cultural relics found from among the recovered waste materials are not disposed of as waste materials， but shall coordinate with the cultural relics department in sorting them out. The exportable objects among them shall be handed over to the cultural relics department， which shall then provide them to foreign trade departments for export. An equivalent quantity of copper shall be offered by the State in return for the copperware sorted out and handed over.
　　5. Cultural relics commodities shall be exported via the four designated ports of Beijing， Shanghai， Tianjin and Guangzhou and the Customs shall grant clearance only on condition that the commodities have been assessed and approved as exportable by the cultural relics department. No cultural relics that have not been assessed and approved as exportable may be exported. No ports that have not been duly designated shall be permitted to handle the export business of cultural relics commodities and the Customs in various localities shall do a good job of checking and make sure that this provision is complied with.
　　6. Cultural， foreign trade and commercial departments and other departments concerned shall actively publicize the policy for the protection of cultural relics and protect ancient tombs and historical cultural sites from damage or destruction. It is imperative to strengthen the administration of the commercial market for cultural relics，resolutely crack down on the smuggling and profiteering in cultural relics， guard against foreigners who may take advantage of loopholes in our work and prevent important cultural relics of collection value from going out of China. If there is nothing inappropriate about the aforesaid proposals， it is requested that they be approved and transmitted to the various provinces，autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government for implementation with reference thereto.
　　 1974年12月16日