"Even though some of the walls are built of bricks and stones, they cannot withstand the perennial exposure to wind and rain," the paper quoted Dong Yaohui, a vice president of the society, as saying.

《京华时报》引用学会的副会长董耀会的话说：“即使部分城墙用砖石砌成，也禁不住常年风吹雨淋。

 

 

Tourism and local residents' activities are also damaging the longest human construction in the world, the paper added.

报纸补充说：“旅游业和当地居民的活动也正在破坏这个世界上人类最长建筑。

Poor villagers in Lulong county in the northern province of Hebei used to knock thick grey bricks from a section of wall in their village to build homes, and slabs engraved with Chinese characters were sold for 30 yuan ($4.80) each by local residents, it said.

据报道，位于华北的河北省的卢龙县里村民很穷，过去经常敲下村里部分城墙上青灰色的厚砖拿去盖房，而且刻有汉字的砖被当地居民卖到30元(4.80美元)一块。

Under Chinese regulations people who take bricks from the Great Wall can be fined up to 5,000 yuan, the Global Times said on Monday.

《环球时报》周一称：“中国条例规定从长城上偷砖会被处以高达5000元的罚款。

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