List of World Heritage Sites in China

This is a list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in China. China has 48, ranking second in the world. China ratified The Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage on 12 December 1985. These sites comprise some of the most essential part of China's valuable and rich tourism resources.

Overview

Since joining the International Convention Concerning the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage in 1985, China has 48 world heritage sites to date; of these 34 are cultural heritage sites, ten are natural heritage sites, and four are cultural and natural (mixed) sites, ranking second in the world. Since 2004, China has made the first large-scale renovations on seven world cultural heritage sites in Beijing – the Ming Tombs, the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, the Temple of Heaven, the Summer Palace, the Grand Canal, and the "Peking Man" site at Zhoukoudian, all of which were planned for completion before 2008. In addition, China has a rich non-material cultural heritage, with several of them inscribed on UNESCO's list of Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.

#	Image	Name	Location	Date	Number	Criteria
1		Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, including the Forbidden City and Mukden Palace*	Beijing (the Forbidden City) and Shenyang, Liaoning (Mukden Palace)	1987, 2004	439	I, II, III, IV
2		Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor *	Xi'an, Shaanxi	1987	441	I, III, IV, VI
3		Mogao Caves *	Dunhuang, Gansu	1987	440	I, II, III, IV, V, VI
4		Mount Tai *†	Tai'an, Shandong	1987	437	I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII
5		Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian *	Beijing	1987	449	III, VI
6		The Great Wall*	Northern China	1987	438	I, II, III, IV, VI
7		Mount Huangshan *†	Huangshan City, Anhui	1990	547	II, VII, X
8		Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area †	Songpan County, Sichuan	1992	638	VII
9		Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area †	Jiuzhaigou County, Sichuan	1992	637	VII
10		Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area †	Zhangjiajie, Hunan	1992	640	VII
11		Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang Mountains *	Hubei	1994	705	I, II, VI
12	150px	Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, including the Jokhang Temple and Norbulingka *	Lhasa, Tibet	1994, 2000, 2001	707	I, IV, VI
13		Mountain Resort and its Outlying Temples in Chengde *	Chengde, Hebei	1994	703	II, IV
14		Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family Mansion in Qufu *	Qufu, Shandong	1994	704	I, IV, VI
15		Mount Emei Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area *†	Emeishan City (Mt. Emei) and Leshan (Giant Buddha), Sichuan	1996	779	IV, VI, X
16		Lushan National Park *	Lushan District, Jiangxi	1996	778	II, III, IV, VI
17		Ancient City of Ping Yao *	Pingyao County, Shanxi	1997	812	II, III, IV
18		Classical Gardens of Suzhou *	Suzhou, Jiangsu	1997, 2000	813	I, II, III, IV, V
19		Old Town of Lijiang *	Lijiang, Yunnan	1997	811	II, IV, V
20		Summer Palace *	Beijing	1998	880	I, II, III
21		Temple of Heaven *	Beijing	1998	881	I, II, III
22		Dazu Rock Carvings *	Dazu District, Chongqing	1999	912	I, II, III
23		Mount Wuyi *†	Northwestern Fujian	1999	911	III, VI, VII, X
24		Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui – Xidi and Hongcun *	Yi County, Anhui	2000	1002	III, IV, V
25		Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, including the Ming Dynasty Tombs and the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum *	Beijing and Nanjing, Jiangsu	2000, 2003, 2004	1004	III, IV, V
26		Longmen Grottoes *	Luoyang, Henan	2000	1003	I, II, III
27		Mount Qingcheng and the Dujiangyan Irrigation System *	Dujiangyan City, Sichuan	2000	1001	II, IV, VI
28		Yungang Grottoes *	Datong, Shanxi	2001	1039	I, II, III, IV
29		Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas †	Yunnan	2003	1083	VII, VIII, IX, X
30		Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom *	Ji'an, Jilin	2004	1135	I, II, III, IV, V
31	150px	Historic Centre of Macau *	Macau	2005	1110	II, III, IV, VI
32		Yin Xu *	Anyang, Henan	2006	1114	II, III, IV, VI
33		Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries †	Sichuan	2006	1213	X
34		Kaiping Diaolou and Villages *	Kaiping, Guangdong	2007	1112	II, III, IV
35		South China Karst †	Yunnan, Guizhou , Chongqing and Guangxi	2007, 2014	1248	VII, VIII
36		Fujian Tulou *	Fujian	2008	1113	III, IV, V
37		Sanqingshan †	Yushan County, Jiangxi	2008	1292	VII
38		Mount Wutai *	Wutai County, Shanxi	2009	1279	II, III, IV, VI
39		Historic Monuments of Dengfeng in “The Centre of Heaven and Earth” *	Dengfeng, Henan	2010	1305	III, VI
40		China Danxia †	Hunan, Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, and Guizhou	2010	1335	VII, VIII, IX, X
41		West Lake Cultural Landscape of Hangzhou *	Hangzhou, Zhejiang	2011	1334	II, III, VI
42		Site of Xanadu *	Xilingol, Inner Mongolia	2012	1389	II, III, IV, VI
43		Chengjiang Fossil Site †	Chengjiang County, Yunnan	2012	1388	VIII
44		Xinjiang Tianshan †	Xinjiang	2013	1414	VII, IX
45		Cultural Landscape of Honghe Hani Rice Terraces *	Yuanyang County, Yunnan	2013	1111	III, V
46		Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor *	Luoyang, Lingbao of Henan; Xi'an, Bin County and Chenggu of Shaanxi; Tianshui, Yongjing, Dunhuang and Anxi of Gansu; Turpan, Jimsar and Kuqa of Xinjiang	2014	1442	II, III, IV, VI
47		Grand Canal *	Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui and Henan	2014	1443	I, III, IV, VI
48		Tusi Sites *	Hunan, Hubei and Guizhou	2015	1474	II, III

v t e World Heritage Sites in China
East	Classical Gardens of Suzhou Fujian Tulou Lushan National Park Huangshan Mount Sanqing (Sanqingshan) Mount Tai (Taishan) Mount Wuyi (Wuyishan) Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and Kong Family Mansion, Qufu Ancient villages in Southern Anhui, Xidi, and Hongcun West Lake Cultural Landscape of Hangzhou
South Central	Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang Mountains Historic Centre of Macau Kaiping Diaolou and Villages Longmen Grottoes Historic Monuments of Dengfeng, including the Shaolin Monastery and Gaocheng Observatory Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area Yin Xu
Southwest	Chengjiang Fossil Site Dazu Rock Carvings Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, including the Jokhang and Norbulingka Cultural Landscape of Honghe Hani Rice Terraces Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area Old Town of Lijiang Mount Emei Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area Mount Qingcheng and the Dujiangyan Irrigation System Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas
North	Mount Wutai (Wutaishan) Chengde Mountain Resort and its outlying temples, including the Putuo Zongcheng Temple, Xumi Fushou Temple and the Puning Temple Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian Ancient City of Pingyao Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in Beijing Temple of Heaven, an Imperial Sacrificial Altar in Beijing Site of Xanadu Yungang Grottoes
Northeast	Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang
Northwest	Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor Mogao Caves Xinjiang Tianshan
Multiple regions	The Great Wall China Danxia Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties South China Karst The Grand Canal Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor Tusi Sites

v t e Lists of World Heritage Sites in Asia
Northern and Central Asia	Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
Western Asia (including Arab States)	Bahrain Iran Iraq Israel Jordan Lebanon Oman Palestine Saudi Arabia Syria United Arab Emirates Yemen
Eastern Asia	China Japan Mongolia North Korea South Korea
Southern Asia	Afghanistan Bangladesh India Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka
Southeast Asia	Cambodia Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam

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