The reporter learned from the Propaganda Department of the Dunhuang Municipal Party Committee on June 29 that in order to enrich the content of the Dunhuang tourism economic circle, comprehensively extract, display and disseminate the world cultural heritage. The spiritual identity, cultural essence and contemporary value contained in the "slip culture" and "post culture" of the Quanzhi site, Dunhuang City used the World Bank loan to invest 312 million yuan to "develop" the Xuanquanzhi site in Dunhuang City and implement the Xuanquan The site protection and utilization project and the scenic transportation and tourism integration complex project are set up.
In 1987, the Gansu Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology conducted three explorations in Sanwei Mountain in Dunhuang City and discovered the Xuanquanzhi site that had been covered in dust for more than 2,000 years. It was one of the ten major archaeological discoveries in the 1990s.
In 2022, with the support of the World Bank loan, Dunhuang City will implement the Xuanquan Site Protection and Utilization Project and the scenic transportation and tourism integration complex project. The total investment of the Xuanquanzhi site protection and development project is 147.865 million yuan, of which 121.175 million yuan is loaned from the World Bank and 26.69 million yuan is self-raised. It consists of two parts: infrastructure engineering and exhibition center (visitor center). The project exhibition center covers a total area of 25,598.62 square meters (about 38.4 acres), and the main construction contents include a two-story exhibition center with a total construction area of 7,400 square meters, 5,033 meters of roads, trails, parking areas, public toilets, and mobile environmentally friendly toilets. , viewing platform, signboard, wooden plank road, etc. Infrastructure work for the project began on March 10.
With a total investment of 165 million yuan, the Xuanquan Site Scenic Area Transportation and Tourism Integration Complex Project will start construction in July 2021. The project covers an area of about 143 acres, with a total planned net land area of 12.09 hectares (about 18 acres) and a total construction area of 9800 square meters. The main construction contents include Xuanquan Impression (market), Xuanquanwu Fort and comprehensive office area, parking lot and Other supporting facilities.