Ethical Principles for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage: How to Protect Intangible Cultural Heritage of Minority Ethnic Groups in China

The “Ethical Principles for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage” (Ethical Principles) is a set of non-binding, encouraging general principles. As supplement to the Convention Heritage (Convention) and its Operational Directives, it provides excellent practices that can directly or indirectly influence intangible cultural heritage governments, organizations, individuals. Considering specific circumstances protection minority in China, Ethical serve as necessary national legislative framework. emphasize role status communities, individuals, organizations protecting inheriting heritage, advocate gender equality, youth participation, respect ethnic characteristics diversity, among other international consensuses. These principles be used valuable reference promoting improving inheritance groups China.