Abstract:Based on the deep analysis of the legal issues of the cases, Yin Yu Tang relocation to the United States and Jackie Chan donated Huizhou architecture to Singapore, the paper systematically elaborates the legal loopholes and practical blind spots in the protection of ancient buildings in China at first. And then, through comparing and drawing on the successful institutionalized measures of other countries, the article further clarifies the subject of protection and their responsibilities as well as the scope of protection and the limit of development, emphasizes the coordination of heritage protection and urbanization construction and promoting public participation mechanisms in cultural heritage protection.