Echoing the Asian Initiative for Cultural Heritage Conservation, the China Foundation for Cultural Heritage Protection entrusted the Chair on Sustainable Tourism of UNESCO List Sites to undertake the “Asian Cultural Heritage Education Cooperation Network” project, and organized the 1st Asian Cultural Heritage Conservation & Utilization Proposal Competition.

Saiyod Qodirzoda, Qiu Ziyi, Miao Hui, Chang Dongfang, Qiu Rui from “Silk Road” University and Beijing International studies university formed a team “TCU” to participate in this competition.

Under the guidance of Professor Zou Tongqian (Tony) and Professor Patterson, the team successfully passed the preliminary competition, and the final presentation was held at Sun Yat-sen University Zhuhai Campus on April 23, 2023, and the team’s work “TCU ACTION” was rated as “Critical Insight Proposal”.

Taking Khiva in Uzbekistan as a case study, the team proposed the TCU Action after field research, which is guided by the theory of integrity protection and integrated utilization, and consists of the TCU network and the TCU system, which aims to comprehensively realize the sustainable protection and utilization of cultural heritage through the three major means of technology, creation and union, and comprehensively play the monitoring, management, operation and supervision functions of the government, tourists, businesses and other stakeholders.

The competition attracted more than 5,000 youth delegates from more than 10 countries, including China, the Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Tajikistan, Thailand, Japan and South Korea. And hope to disseminate the concept of sustainable development of cultural heritage through cultural heritage education cooperation between Asian countries and regions, strengthen cultural exchanges and mutual learning between Asian countries and regions, and promote the sustainable development of Asian cultural heritage.