privately owned immovable cultural relics;ownership of cultu-ral relics;restriction;compensation;the Law of the People' s Republic of China on Protection of Cultural Re-lics;the Constitution of the People' s Republic of China
The ownership of private immovable cultural relics should be subjected to reasonable restrictions. The Law of the People's Republic of China on Protection of Cultural Relics imposes excessive restrictions on the private ownership of immovable cultural relics. Property owners whose rights are affected by these restrictions should be compensated by the government. The Constitution and the Law of the People's Republic of China on Protection of Cultural Relics have no provisions on compensation for these owners. In order to encourage the owners t...