The World Heritage Committee,
1. Approves the extension of the Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, China, on the World Heritage List on the basis of existing cultural criteria (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (vi).The property now includes the following tombs or tomb groups:
ID No. | Tomb(s) | Province | Inscribed | Area (ha) | Buffer Zone (ha) |
001 | Xianling Tomb | Hubei | 2000 | 87.6 | 226.4 |
002 | Eastern Qing Tombs | Hebei | 2000 | 224 | 7,800 |
003 | Western Qing Tombs | Hebei | 2000 | 1,842 | 4,758 |
Subtotal, 2000 |
| 2,153.6 | 12,784.4 | ||
004 | Ming Tombs | Changping Dist., Beijing | 2003 | 823 | 8,100.0 |
Xiaoling Tombs | |||||
005 | Xiaoling Tomb | Jiangsu | 2003 | 116 |
180 |
006 | Tomb of Chang Yuchun | Jiangsu | 2003 | 0.98 | |
007 | Tomb of Qiu Cheng | Jiangsu | 2003 | 0.55 | |
008 | Tomb of Wu Liang | Jiangsu | 2003 | 0.40 | |
009 | Tomb of Wu Zhen | Jiangsu | 2003 | 0.35 | |
010 | Tomb of Xu Da | Jiangsu | 2003 | 0.85 | |
011 | Tomb of Li Wenzhong | Jiangsu | 2003 | 0.87 | |
Subtotal, 2003 |
| 943.00 | 8,280.0 | ||
TOTAL |
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| 3,096.60 | 21,064.4 |
2. Recognizing the existing conservation management programmes of the property,
3. Encourages the State Party to enforce maintenance and conservation in the areas of the Ming Tombs in Beijing where tourism and development pressures are increasing.