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Located within the Wuling mountain range in Guizhou Province (south-west China), Fanjingshan ranges in altitude between 500 metres and...

Kulangsu is a tiny island located on the estuary of the Chiu-lung River, facing the city of Xiamen. With the opening of a commercia...

Qinghai Hoh Xil, located in the northeastern extremity of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, is the largest and highest plateau in the wo...

Located in Hubei Province, in central-eastern China, the site consists of two components: Shennongding/Badong to the west and Laoju...

Located on the steep cliffs in the border regions of southwest China, these 38 sites of rock art illustrate the life and rituals of...

The archaeological site of Yin Xu, close to Anyang City, some 500 km south of Beijing, is an ancient capital city of the late Shang...

A hilly 512 ha site in Yunnan province, Chengjiang’s fossils present the most complete record of an early Cambrian marine community...

With its five flat peaks, Mount Wutai is a sacred Buddhist mountain. The cultural landscape is home to forty-one monasteries and in...

The Grand Canal is a vast waterway system in the north-eastern and central-eastern plains of China, running from Beijing in the nor...

Located in the mountainous areas of south-west China, this property encompasses remains of several tribal domains whose chiefs were...

North of the Great Wall, the Site of Xanadu encompasses the remains of Kublai Khan’s legendary capital city, designed by the Mongol...

Xinjiang Tianshan comprises four components—Tomur, Kalajun-Kuerdening, Bayinbukuke and Bogda— that total 606,833 hectares. They are...

Ping Yao is an exceptionally well-preserved example of a traditional Han Chinese city, founded in the 14th century. Its urban fabri...

China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan  This property is a 5,000 km section of the extensive Silk Roads network, stretching from Chang’an/Luoyan...

Mount Sanqingshan National Park, a 22,950 ha property located in the west of the Huyaiyu mountain range in the northeast of Jia...

The site includes archaeological remains of three cities and 40 tombs: Wunu Mountain City, Guonei City and Wandu Mountain City, 14 ...

       The Cultural Landscape of Honghe Hani Rice Terraces, China covers 16,603-hectares in Southern Yunnan. It is marked by specta...

The palaces and temples which form the nucleus of this group of secular and religious buildings exemplify the architectural and art...

Mount Songshang is considered to be the central sacred mountain of China. At the foot of this 1500 metre high mountain, close to th...

  The South China Karst region extends over a surface of half a million km2 lying mainly in Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangxi provinces. ...