With the fast development of the economy,there are several problems that appear on the conservation of cultural heritage in China. Sweden has a long history on cultural heritage conservation and therefore has a comparative advanced system on cultural heritage. The objective of this thesis is to study the Swedish system on cultural heritage conservation and applying it in a Chinese context. The situation of cultural heritage conservation in Sweden will be described and the applied methods analysed. In addition, the cultural heritage conservation in China is described. Thus, after the analysis, the gained knowledge was applied to a Chinese context.