Country Reports

Korea: Managing Cultural Heritage of Korea and Its Measures

Kang Woobang (EhwaWomansUniversity)

China: A Review of the Statutes for the Preservation of Architectural Heritage

in Mainland China

Lu Zhou (TsinghuaUniversity)

Vietnam: Legislation for Protection of Cultural Heritage in Vietnam

Nguyen Quoc Hung (Department of Preservation and Museology, Ministry of Culture and Information)

)Thailand: The Historic Conservation in Thailand

Ronarit Dhanakoses (Office of Archaeology and NationalMuseum, the Fine Arts Department)

India: Cultural Policies in India and the Opportunities for the 21st Century

Amita Baig (World Monuments Fund Program Advisor for India)

Sri Lanka: Protection of Cultural Heritage in Sri Lanka: history, methods and theory

Jagath Weerasinghe (Postgraduate Institute of Archaeology, University of Kelaniya)

Iran: An Overview of Iran's Policies on the Protection of Cultural Properties

Adel Farhangi Shabestari (Iranian Cultural Heritage Organization)

The Philippines: Public Systems for the Protection of Cultural Heritage: Evolving Role

of Cultural Heritage

Emelita V. Almosara (National Historical Institute)

Japan: History of the Protection and the Concept on Cultural Properties in Japan

Saito Hidetoshi (National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Tokyo)