Xu Shousheng, governor of Hunan Provincial People's Government conducted a field investigation on the excavation of the ruins of Laosicheng Site in Yongshun County, Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture on July 29.

　　Governor Xu required relevant departments to make a scientific plan for the preservation, management and restoration of the precious ethnic cultural heritage site. Further measures must be taken to arouse local people's awareness of protecting cultural relics. The departments must clarify and fulfill their own responsibilities. Attention should be paid to balance the relationship between preservation and development to satisfy the demands of social and economic development. More efforts should be made to incorporate culture into the local tourism industry by deepening the excavation and pushing forward multilevel development of the site.

　　Located along the Lingxi River which is 19.5 kilometers east of the urban area of Yongshun County, Laosicheng is known as the largest, best-preserved and most typical site of the Tusi system in central China. More than 6,600 pieces of cultural relics have been unearthed and excavated.

　　Laosicheng is a rare case of cultural relics to study the Tusi system, a special political system that China's ancient feudal dynasties applied to rule people in the ethnic group regions by granting hereditary titles to local leaders. With more and more historical relics being discovered, some people call Laosi Town "China's Pompeii".