Local     1     (official) in Beijing promised to further protect the city’s cultural heritage (遗产), in particular the narrow streets known as hutongs.

Hutongs are     2     (common) found in the cities of North China, but they are in danger. Beijing is nowadays believed to have fewer than 1,000 hutongs, most of     3     are near the Forbidden City. Only _60_ years ago, the number of the hutong     4     (be) 3,250.

“Usually more than 100,000 people visit the Forbidden City during the National Day holidays. The visits put pressure on the     5     (protect) of cultural relics,” said Huang Yan, director of the Beijing Municipal Commission of Urban Planning,     6     (add) that hutongs should be protected from human damage.

The government concentrated     7     how the protection plans were carried out. Wang Shaofeng, head of the Xicheng District Government, said the area has 182 cultural relics,     8     many of them were built as far back as the Yuan Dynasty. The district of Xicheng has 1.28 million residents in its 50.7 square kilometers of land. “The most efficient way is to decrease the local population to reduce the possibility of causing harm to the heritage,” Wang said. “Each community has been required     9     (report) the status of its cultural heritage.”

No one knows for sure how many hutongs     10     (leave) in the coming 100 years.

Quality     1     (tradition) Chinese costumes are gaining popularity at home and abroad, causing increased orders on e-commerce platforms. One town     2     (benefit) from this popularity is Daiji in Caoxian county, Shandong province. Li Tao, Party secretary of Daji, said the     3     (order) placed online have greatly driven the growth of the town’s clothing industry. Visitors taking a walk along the main road in Daiji come across a line of shops     4     themes have gone into the clothing business ranging from cloth production and pattern printing     5     costume outlets. Workers can     6     (see) packaging orders for delivery.

More young people are returning to Daiji to seek opportunities in the hanfu industry. More than 7,000 young people, including over 700 university students,     7     (return) to the town to start businesses so far, said Li. With young people making efforts to create original designs and build brands, Daiji has     8     (rapid) entered the mid-and high-end hanfu market. There are plans     9     (found) a hanfu research base in Daiji to ensure that the industry in Caoxian achieves high-quality development.

In addition to staging promotions on e-commerce platforms, representatives from Daiji attend Chinese costume shows in countries such as Italy to promote     10     culture of Chinese clothing.