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57
Properties inscribed
on the World Heritage List
4
Mandates to the World Heritage Committee
118
State of Conservation Reports
41
International assistance
requests Approved
856,750
International assistance
Total Amount Approved (USD)
Ratification of the Convention:
Thursday, 12 December 1985
Mandates to the World Heritage Committee 4
1991-1997 1999-2005 2007-2011 2017-2021
UNESCO
World Heritage
Properties inscribed
on the World Heritage List 57
Cultural 39
Natural 14
Mixed 4

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Sites on the Tentative List 61

A Tentative List is an inventory of those properties which each State Party intends to consider for nomination. More about the Tentative List Process

State of Conservation Reports 118

State of conservation of World Heritage properties since 1979 and the threats they have faced in the past, or are currently facing. More about State of Conservation

Activities 9
Rapid Response Facility (RRF)
Business Skills for Natural World Heritage Site Managers programme
Conservation and revitalisation programme of Ancient City of Ping Yao (China)
Patrimonito Storyboard Competition 2012
News 43
Forum on the 50th Anniversary of the World Heritage Convention Held in Beijing
13 April 2023
Launch of a new phase of the UNESCO/China Youth Development Foundation Mercedes-Benz Star Fund for conservation and management of World Heritage sites in China
22 October 2021
Danube Limes added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List closing this year’s inscriptions
30 July 2021
Cultural sites in China, India, Iran and Spain inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List
25 July 2021
Call For Participants: World Heritage Young Professionals Forum
12 May 2021
Fuzhou (China) to host 2020 session of World Heritage Committee
9 July 2019
Seven cultural sites inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List
6 July 2019
Two natural sites, one in China, another in Iran, inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List
5 July 2019
Decisions adopted by Ashgabat Silk Roads Coordinating Committee
29 January 2019
Experts convene at UNESCO on future of culture and tourism at EU-China Conference
2 November 2018
First UNESCO-led China-Germany cultural exchange on heritage conservation for Sustainable Development
12 October 2018
Four sites added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List
2 July 2018
World Heritage Committee’s 42nd session to be hosted by Bahrain
15 November 2017
Workshop on the South Asian Silk Roads Serial Transnational World Heritage Nomination Process
12 September 2017
Reports released on UNESCO/Republic of Korea Funds-in-Trust Project Supporting Silk Roads Nomination
12 December 2016
2nd Huangshan Dialogue on UNESCO sites and climate change opens in China
13 September 2016
The World Heritage Resource Manual Series – Now in Chinese
26 January 2016
Almaty Agreement adopted in the Fourth meeting of the Coordinating Committee on the World Heritage Serial Nomination of the Silk Roads
22 December 2015
International Conference on “Culture for Sustainable Cities” (Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China, 10-12 December 2015)
18 December 2015
World Heritage Volunteers 2015 Action Camps welcome the International Youth Day on 12 August
11 August 2015
Vice Premier of China Asserts Significance of UNESCO for Dialogue and Peace
22 May 2015
UNESCO and Panasonic inspire pupils in Fujian, China, to become ambassadors of World Heritage protection
3 February 2015
Six new sites inscribed on World Heritage List
23 June 2014
Four new cultural sites inscribed on World Heritage List
22 June 2014
International workshop held on strengthening south-south collaboration on World Heritage and Sustainable Tourism
5 June 2014
Honghe Hani Rice Terraces inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage alongside an extension to the uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park
22 June 2013
World Heritage Committee inscribes two new natural sites from China and Namibia on UNESCO World Heritage List
21 June 2013
Four natural and four cultural properties added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List on Sunday
1 July 2012
Recommendations for transnational heritage corridors of Silk Roads site nomination
20 April 2012
Ancient Chinese cultural landscape, the West Lake of Hangzhou, inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List
24 June 2011
Ashgabat Agreement: representatives and experts of twelve Asian countries outline the Silk Roads Heritage Corridors approach for the future Serial and Trans-boundary World Heritage Nomination
18 May 2011
Canadian fossil park, an Icelandic volcanic island and archipelago in Yemen among sites added to UNESCO World Heritage List
7 July 2008
Slave hideout in Mauritius, Nabataean archaeological site in Saudi Arabia and earthen houses in China inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List
6 July 2008
Loss and Damage Assessment after China Earthquake
6 June 2008
Nine new members elected to World Heritage Committee
26 October 2007
Members elected to World Heritage Committee
24 October 2007
Twenty-two new sites inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, and one deleted during Committee meeting in Christchurch
29 June 2007
Natural sites in Madagascar, China and Korea inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List
27 June 2007
Inauguration of a World Heritage Training and Research Institute for Asia and the Pacific Region in China
16 May 2007
China's Pingyao forms yoke of friendship with Provins of France
16 September 2005
New findings from Peking Man site
21 June 2005
Paper Series N°12 "The State of World Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (2003)"
4 April 2005
Publication Of The Proceedings Of The International Symposium In Hildesheim, Germany: World Cultural Heritage - A Global Challenge
18 September 1997
Events 44
International Conference on Urban Heritage Conservation and Design for Sustainable Development And International Network for Urban Heritage Conservation in Higher Education Institutions
26 Sep 2023 - 28 Sep 2023
Education Empowering The Future: World Heritage Creative Innovator Forum 2022
27 Nov 2022 - 27 Nov 2022
Celebration events in China for the 50th Anniversary of the World Heritage Convention
25 Nov 2022 - 25 Nov 2022
Maritime Silk Road International Cultural Forum
16 Nov 2022 - 17 Nov 2022
World Heritage and Urban-Rural Sustainable Development: Resilience and Innovation based on Humanity
15 Nov 2022 - 16 Nov 2022
Call for Papers - International Symposium Cultural Heritage x Sustainable Development in the Asia-Pacific Region: Milestones and Opportunities (Beijing and online)
15 Nov 2022 - 15 Nov 2022
4th WHITRAP SHANGHAI World Heritage Dialogue - World Heritage, Climate Change and Resilience Conserving Heritage and Promoting Heritage as a solution
14 Sep 2022 - 14 Sep 2022
Sub-regional workshop for South Asian Silk Roads Transboundary Serial Nomination and Cultural Landscape Initiatives, 6- 7 December 2021, Kathmandu, Nepal
6 Dec 2021 - 7 Dec 2021
UNESCO participates in "Asian Cultural Heritage Initiative: International Symposium on the Conservation and Management of Historic Cities and Towns along the Silk Roads”
27 Nov 2021 - 27 Nov 2021
4th World Heritage Site Managers' Forum
7 Jul 2021 - 13 Jul 2021
Call for Applications: 4th World Heritage Site Managers' Forum
31 May 2021
World Heritage Centre Celebrates 30-Year Anniversary of the Silk Roads Project and Launch of the Digital Archive of the Silk Roads
20 July 2020
Silk Roads Heritage Corridors Management Workshop and Closing Meeting of UNESCO/Japan Funds-in-Trust Project in Almaty, Kazakhstan
26 Jun 2019 - 28 Jun 2019
UNESCO-Africa-China Forum on World Heritage Capacity Building and Cooperation
3 Jun 2019 - 4 Jun 2019
5th Meeting of Coordinating Committee on the serial transnational World Heritage nomination of the Silk Roads 
3 Dec 2018 - 7 Dec 2018
Implementation on the HUL Recommendation
26 Mar 2018 - 28 Mar 2018
The 2nd Huangshan Dialogue on UNESCO Sites and Sustainable Development
12 Sep 2016 - 14 Sep 2016
4th Silk Roads Serial World Heritage Nomination Coordinating Committee Meeting
24 Nov 2015 - 26 Nov 2015
China World Heritage Media Communication Training Workshop
1 Feb 2015 - 5 Feb 2015
Huangshan Dialogue on Space Technologies for World Heritage sites, Biosphere Reserves, potential Geoparks
26 May 2014 - 30 May 2014
4th Annual Coordination Meeting of the UNESCO World Heritage-related Category 2 Institutes and Centres
23 May 2014 - 25 Feb 2014
UNESCO Asia Pacific World Heritage Project on Marine Biodiversity & Climate Change Awareness among Youth (Touho, New-Caledonia)
7 Apr 2014 - 13 Apr 2014
Silk Roads Heritage Corridors Tourism Strategy Workshop
7 Oct 2013 - 8 Oct 2013
International World Heritage Youth Forum: Living with Heritage: Temple, Environment and People (T.E.P.)
8 Jun 2013 - 17 Jun 2013
International Workshop on Space Technologies for World Heritage
9 Oct 2012 - 28 Oct 2012
Forum on World Heritage Protection and Conservation
1 Oct 2012 - 30 Oct 2012
Third meeting of the Coordinating Committee on the Serial World Heritage Nomination of the Silk Roads
17 Sep 2012 - 20 Sep 2012
UNESCO-MHURD (Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the People's Republic of China) Joint Forum on the Occasion of the 40th Anniversary of the World Heritage Convention
30 May 2012 - 3 Jun 2012
International Workshop on the Monitoring and Management of Cultural Routes
21 Apr 2012 - 24 Apr 2012
“World Heritage: Sustainable Development” Annual Forum
10 Apr 2012 - 12 Apr 2012
Second meeting of the Coordinating Committee on the Serial World Heritage Nomination of the Silk Roads
3 May 2011 - 6 May 2011
2009 International Youth Camp on Astronomy and World Heritage
17 Jul 2009 - 26 Jul 2009
World Heritage Sub-regional Consultative Workshop for Promotion of Transbounday co-operation
2 Sep 2008 - 5 Sep 2008
UNESCO Sub-regional Workshop on the Serial World Heritage Nomination of the Silk Roads
2 Jun 2008 - 5 Jun 2008
UNWTO/UNESCO Conference on sustainable tourism management at heritage sites
24 Mar 2008 - 28 Mar 2008
3rd International Conference on Natural World Heritage in the Asia and Pacific Region
5 Nov 2007 - 8 Nov 2007
World Heritage Expo to be Held in Northeastern China
9 Jun 2007 - 9 Oct 2007
Planning for Sustainable Management: Perspectives from Kaiping and Macao SAR
3 Jun 2007 - 14 Jun 2007
Central Asian and China Sub-regional Workshop on Serial World Heritage Nomination of the Silk Road
16 Apr 2007 - 21 Apr 2007
12th Int'l Conference on Virtual Systems & Multimedia (VSMM 2006), Xi'an, China
16 Oct 2006 - 20 Oct 2006
UNESCO Stakeholders Consultation Workshop on the Silk Road World Heritage nomination
1 Aug 2006 - 8 Aug 2006
Heritage Conservation and Sustainable Development
31 May 2006 - 2 Jun 2006
UNESCO Regional Workshop on Periodic Reporting Follow-up for North-East and South-East Asia
12 Dec 2005 - 16 Dec 2005
UNESCO World Heritage Mentoring Programme for Chinese Experts and World Heritage site managers
22 Nov 2005 - 2 Dec 2005
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