24小时长城保护队

24小时长城保护队

The capital of Beijing created a team on Saturday to protect the entire Great Wall in the city.

周六（6月8日），北京市成立了一支长城保护员队伍。

The team has 463 members, whose duties include patrolling key parts of the wall 24 hours, responding to emergencies and stopping climbing, The Beijing News reported on Saturday.

据《新京报》周六报道，这支队伍共有463名队员，他们的职责包括24小时巡视长城的重点点段，报告紧急情况，禁止随意攀爬等。

The team will take photos and upload them to a system every time they patrol the wall.

每次巡逻时，团队成员都会拍照并上传到系统中。

They will also describe the situation at the wall and send their report to the system, which will analyze the situation at different times on the same spot.

他们还会对巡逻点的情况进行简单描述，连同照片一起上传到系统，系统会汇集同一地点在不同时间的状态，并进行分析。

Liu Zheng, a member of the China Cultural Relics Academy, told the Global Times on Sunday that establishing the team means a lot to the wall's protection work.

中国文物研究院院士刘政周日对《环球时报》表示，成立文物保护小组对长城的保护工作意义重大。

"They can take charge of every portion of the Great Wall in Beijing and can immediately report any problem, which will overcome protection difficulties caused by the wall's length," Liu said.

刘政说：“他们可以将北京长城的每一部分都保护起来，并且出现任何问题可以立即报告，这就把长城长度造成的保护困难解决了。”

"The municipal authorities have included protection work in its urban planning, rather than just a tourism project, and have made huge progress," he added.

他补充说：“长城保护不仅仅是一个旅游项目，市政当局已将其纳入城市规划，并取得了巨大进展。”

The latest move was announced at an event to celebrate this year's Cultural and Natural Heritage Day, which falls on the second Saturday in June.

今年6月8日，是中国文化和自然遗产日，在活动现场北京市长城保护员队伍正式成立。

Ten projects to reinforce the Great Wall will also be launched this year, China News Service reported.

据中新社报道，今年还将启动10项长城加固工程。

The Beijing portion of the Great Wall is 520.77 kilometers long, the Xinhua News Agency reported in April.

据新华社4月报道，长城北京段长520.77公里。

The report said that since 2000, Beijing has provided 470 million yuan ($70 million) to the Great Wall protection fund.

报告称，自2000年以来，北京已投入4.7亿元人民币(7000万美元)，用以开展长城保护工作。