Beijing is about to complete its restoration work on the walls of the Yuanmingyuan Ruins.

The municipal government has poured over 400 million yuan or US$48 million into the project over the past 24 years.

Often referred to as the Old Summer Palace, the former imperial garden was established in the Qing Dynasty over 100 years ago with walls about 17,000 meters long.

But the project has recently encountered setbacks due to residents who refuse to move out of the park.

As the occupation of cultural relics in the capital is serious, a draft regulation on the protection of China's cultural relics has been drawn up recently.

(CRI.com July 21, 2004)