The "Regulations on the Protection of Traditional Style Buildings in Guangzhou" (hereinafter referred to as the "Regulations") will be officially implemented on July 1, 2023. The "Regulations" have a total of 18 articles, focusing on the protection and utilization of traditional style buildings with a focus on "small incisions, standing upright, and truly effective", improving the system and regulations for the repair and management of traditional style buildings, and providing a solid legal guarantee for the protection and utilization of traditional style buildings. As one of the first pilot cities for the protection and utilization of historical buildings in China, Guangzhou has a large number of traditional style buildings. Currently, a total of 1206 traditional style buildings have been recognized and announced in the city, making it the largest and most widely protected building in Guangzhou besides immovable cultural relics. It is reported that the "Regulations" adopt a full process democratic legislation and open door legislation model, and conduct comprehensive and in-depth legislative research, which will help Guangzhou fill the legislative gap and achieve systematic and complete protection of historical and cultural heritage. What to Protect: Clarifying the recognition standards and implementing a directory protection system for traditional style buildings is an innovative approach to the protection and utilization of Guangzhou's distinctive historical and cultural heritage system. The recognition work is an important foundation for good protection and utilization. This regulation clarifies the standards and degree of recognition for traditional style buildings. The Regulations point out that Guangzhou will be able to reflect its historical style and local characteristics in patches, groups, and lines, or be located within the protected area of historical and cultural blocks, as an important component of the overall historical style and traditional pattern of the region, as well as buildings and structures that can reflect historical culture, industrial development, artistic value, folk traditions, and characteristics of the times to a certain extent, or condense the emotional memory of the public, Confirmed as a traditional style building. The legalization of traditional style buildings is conducive to retaining cultural roots, highlighting Guangzhou's characteristics, and improving the multi-level protection object system of Guangzhou's "historical and cultural city historical and cultural style area historical and cultural towns and villages historical and cultural blocks cultural relics protection units and historical buildings traditional style buildings". At the same time, it is required to implement a directory protection system for traditional style buildings. After conducting surveys, recommending and applying, expert argumentation, soliciting opinions from owners and the public, and other procedures, the district government approves the publication of traditional style buildings. The Plan also clarifies the preparation of protection plans, delineates the scope of protection, determines protection elements, proposes repair requirements, reasonable utilization measures, and distinguishes them from cultural relics and historical buildings. Traditional style buildings emphasize the protection of areas and groups, and as a typical environmental element of historical areas, traditional style buildings pay more attention to the protection of appearance and style. Who will manage: Clarify the division of responsibilities and establish a system of responsible persons for protection to ensure the effective protection and utilization of traditional style buildings. The "Regulations" clarify the division of responsibilities among various levels and entities. On the one hand, the "Regulations" clarify the responsibilities of the municipal and district people's governments and departments. The planning and natural resources departments are responsible for coordinating the protection and utilization of traditional style buildings, the housing and urban-rural construction departments are responsible for supervising the engineering quality, housing use, structural safety, and repair of traditional style buildings, and the comprehensive law enforcement departments of urban management handle violations of this regulation. At the same time, clarify the specific responsibilities of the district people's government in recognition, protection, and management. On the other hand, the Regulations establish a system of protecting responsible persons, which stipulates that they should