Historic Heritage Preservation Conference South China (Macao) 2016 Held at CityU

The Historic Heritage Preservation Conference South China (Macao) 2016 (HHPCSC2016) was successfully held on 9^th December, 2016, located at the Ho Yin Convention Centre of CityU. HHPCSC2016 was presented by Research Centre for Macau Social and Economic Development of City University of Macau and Media Anthropology Research Center of Sun Yat-Sen University, organized by Guangzhou Association of International Historic Towns and City University of Macau. This event was in associate with Fundacao Macau and Guangzhou Association of International Historic Towns.

HHPCSC2016 invited several experts in the field of historic heritage preservation to lecture on “Historic Urban Landscapes” and “Desires and Reality of the Non-governmental Historic Heritage Conservation Projects”. Main events of HHPCSC2016 include:  The Opening Ceremony; UNESCO Lecture Series on Historic Urban Landscapes and Its Applications; The ONE TOUCH Workshop: Desires and Reality of the Non-governmental Historic Heritage Conservation Projects in Macao, Hong Kong, and South China; and CCIC Happy Hour Screening.

Distinguish guests: Mr. Sou Chio Fai, Director of GAES; Mr. Wong Iat Cheong, Chief of Division for Research and Planning of IC; Ms. Lam Iek Chit, Members of the Urban Planning Council; Ms. Lu Wei, Deputy Director of World Heritage Institute of Training and Research for the Asia and Pacific Region (WHITRAP) under the auspices of UNESCO; Mr. Ken Taylor. Consultant to UNESCO, ICOMOS, and ICCROM; Mr. Liuwei, International marketing director of China Internationnal Communication Center; Mr. Xiu Yiqiang, Representative of Media Anthropology Research Center of Sun Yat-Sen University; Mr. Liang Zhiyi, Vice President of Guangzhou Association of International Historic Towns; and Rector Shu Guang Zhuang of City University of Macao were invited to attend this event.

The conference mainly focuses on the Government and Non-governmental Historic Heritage Conservation Projects in Asia, reported the different approaches on Non-Government historic heritage preservation in Macao, Hong Kong, and South China. The experts concluded the development and cultural heritage on China and international historic heritage preservation by studying both failure and successful projects. The main propose of HHPCSC2016 is to raise awareness on the importance of historic heritage preservation in South China, and contribute to the development of historic heritage preservation.