Marine cultural relic drills staged in Guangdong  

广东文化与海洋部门首次联手保护海域内文化遗产

由广东省文化厅、广东省海洋与渔业局联合开展的广东省管辖海域内文化遗产联合执法专项行动4日在汕头启动。本次专项行动是广东首次在管辖海域开展水下文化遗产执法巡航，标志着广东在水下文化遗产的保护和监督上开创了新局面。

Shantou (CNS) -- Marine cultural relic protection and law enforcement activities were initiated Tuesday by the provincial Department of Culture and the Ocean and Fishery Bureau of south China's Guangdong.

The two departments signed a memo of cooperation and law enforcement officers carried out emergency drills.

The cooperation will help standardize marine cultural relic management and protection, said an official with the bureau.

Guangdong's 419,000 square kilometers of sea area is home to many relics, including the famous shipwrecks of Nanhai I and Nanyue I.