Heritage Protection

正The 44 th Session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee is currently underway in Fuzhou, Fujian Province. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, this is the first time for UNESCO to review World Heritage applications online. A series of operational norms for online review were established and adopted at this session and will become an important reference for the combination of online and offline platforms in the World Heritage field.     

World Cultural Heritage Protection in China

ON June 24,at the 35th session of the World Heritage Committee (WHC) held in Paris,the West Lake Cultural Landscape of Hangzhou was inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. The West Lake is the only lake in China and one of the few lakes in the world that was declared world cultural heritage.     

Natural Wonder

Situated within the Wuling Mountain Range and covering an area of 40,300 hectares, Fanjingshan (Fanjing Mountain) in southwest China's Guizhou Province was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List on July 2. The addition of the site has brought China's total number of World Natural Heritage Sites to 13, the most of any single country in the world.     

LEGENDARY BUILDINGS

<正>Stories of the aged villas on Kulangsu Kulangsu,a small pedestrian-only island in southeast China’s Fujian Province,was included into the World Heritage List on July 8 for its complex of time-honored buildings,roads and landscapes.The inclusion was made at the 41st session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee held     

China''''s New World Heritage Sites

ON July 1, 2004, the Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom of China were inscribed on the World Heritage list with the approval of the 28th Session of World Heritage Committee.China currently has 30 world heritage siles. The ancient Koguryo Kingdom, founded in the second year of Emperor Yuandi's Reign of the Han Dynasty, has a 705-year history. The new cultural heritage property consists of Wunu Mountain City, Guonei City, Wandu Mountain     

Resurrected From the Past

<正>China has a new spot on the UNESCO World Heritage ListThree sites of the Tusi heritage—areas resided in by ethnic minorities in southwest and central China from the 13th century to the mid-20th century—were added to the list of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in July,increasing the number of the country’s World Heritage Sites to 48,the second largest in the world following Italy.The three sites are Laosicheng Fortress in central China’s Hunan Province,Tangya Fortress in central China’s Hubei Province     

China＇s World Heritage List Gets Longer

AT the 34th World Heritage Committee annual meeting held in Brasilia, two more places in China were added to UNESCO＇s World Heritage List - the Historic Monuments of Dengfeng in the ＂Center of Heaven and Earth＂ in the cultural category and China＇s Danxia Landform in the natural category. This decision brought the tally of world heritage sites in China to 40, including 28 cultural heritage sites,     

Milestone in the Construction of Mausoleums in China

On July 3, 2003, the World Heritage Committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) announced on its 27th session that the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum had been included into its World Heritage List as one of the "ancient mausoleums from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)."     

A Growing Heritage

Two more places in China have been added to UNESCO's list of World Heritage sites In July, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) voted to place China's giant panda sanctuaries in Sichuan Province and the Yin Xu (ruins of the capital city of the Shang Dynasty, about 1600-1100 B.C.) archaeological site in Henan Province on its list of World Heritage sites, bringing the total number in China to 33, ranking third after Spain and Italy.     

Endowed With Heritage

UNESCO's World Heritage Committee inscribes two new sites in China China's world heritage site num-ber has again increased after two new additions were announced at the 32nd conference of the World Heritage Committee, held in Quebec,     

A Tour of Zhangjiajie

SENIOR experts from the UNESCO on an inspection tour of Zhangjiajie were amazed at the unique beauty. Like children they shouted, "Great, Great! Splendidly beautiful!" They concluded that Zhangjiajie is qualified to be a World Heritage site for its unique natural scenery, near perfect biological system, and ingenious combination of nature and humanism. Soon after, Zhangjiajie was included in the list of World Heritage sites. This heritage has inspired many people. A Japanese woman pa…     

Cultural Heritage Protection under Economic Trend

After the West Lake Cultural Landscape was inscribed on the World Heritage List in June,the municipal government of Hangzhou promised to continue with the policy of keeping the West Lake’s tourist spots open to the public free of charge. It is     

Zhou Jiansheng''''s World Heritage Photo Exhibition Held in Beijing

To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Treaty of Peace and Friendship BetweenChina and Japan, to give publicity to preservation of World Cultural and Natural Heritages, and to enhance cultural exchanges between China and Japan, the CPAFFC held "Zhou Jiansheng's World Heritage Photo Exhibition" at the Friendship Hall in the CPAFFC compound from November 18 to 22, 2003.     

Heritage Dream

During the 33rd Session of the World Heritage Committee at the end of June, Wutai Mountain in north China's Shanxi Province was inscribed on the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization     

The Grand Ganal Joins the Queue for World Heritage Status

All 18 mayors of the cities along the banks of the canal have pledged to protect it and support its application for world heritage status. THE symposium in late May 2006, attended by leaders of the 18 cities along the Grand Canal, concluded with the Hangzhou Declaration on the Protection of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and Application for World Heritage Status. Other participants in the symposium     

Fixing Beijing's Backbone

<正>Capital’s central axis will be renovated as part of World Cultural Heritage status application Whenever the layout of Beijing is mentioned,its iconic central axis will immediately come to mind.It is so important that the Beijing Government     

Legend of Pingya

THE ancient town of Pingyao sits in Shanxi Province in North China, about 100 kilometers from the provincial capital of Taiyuan. This famous town with a history stretching more than 2,700 years is one of the best preserved ancient sites in China and was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997.     

JOURNEY TO RECOVERY

正Domestic tourism rebounds as demand rises The Old Town of Lijiang, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a popular destination in Yunnan Province, southwest China, is a prime example of how the tourism industry, one of the worst affected by the novel coronavirus disease(COVID-19) epidemic, is bouncing back.     

LISTING ON

正Preserving world heritage will involve increased effort and more international cooperation The 44th Session of the World Heritage Committee of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization(UNESCO) opened in Fuzhou, capital of China's coastal province of Fujian, on July 16, after having been postponed for a year due to the coronavirus pandemic.