Harbin decides to build the Unit 731 ruins into a world-famous ruins park of the World War II.(file photo)

    BEIJING, March 23 -- Harin decides to protect the Unit 731 ruins and build it into a world-famous ruins park of the World War II.

    During the World War II, the Japanese Army set up Unit 731, and the Unit 731 ruins was a witness of the largest biological warfare research through human experimentation in world wartime history and the remains of the largest biological warfare command center in world history.

    This year, Harbin will focus on renovation of the neighboring regions of the Unit 731 ruins and strive to recover their original appearance in history to enable people to see the ferocious acts of Japanese invaders in China.

    On the basis of the first-phase protection and development in June 2001, Harbin plans to invest 20 million yuan (US$2.5 million) in rescue, protection and development of the Unit 731 ruins this year to build it into a world-famous ruins park of the World War II. The National Development and Reform Commission has allotted 30 million yuan for dismantling two residential buildings on one side of Xinjiang Street, where the Unit 731 ruins is located.

    (Source: Chinanews)