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1997

1998

Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in Beijing (China)
Temple of Heaven: an Imperial Sacrificial Altar in Beijing (China)

1999

Dazu Rock Carvings (China)
Mount Wuyi (China)

2000

Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui – Xidi and Hongcun (China)
Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (China)
Longmen Grottoes (China)
Mount Qingcheng and the Dujiangyan Irrigation System (China)

2001

Yungang Grottoes (China)

2003

Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas (China)

2004

Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom (China)

2005

Historic Centre of Macao (China)

2006

Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries - Wolong, Mt Siguniang and Jiajin Mountains (China)
Yin Xu (China)

2007

Kaiping Diaolou and Villages (China)
South China Karst (China)

2008

Fujian Tulou (China)
Mount Sanqingshan National Park (China)

2009

Mount Wutai (China)

2010

China Danxia (China)
Historic Monuments of Dengfeng in “The Centre of Heaven and Earth” (China)

2011

West Lake Cultural Landscape of Hangzhou (China)

2012

Chengjiang Fossil Site (China)
Site of Xanadu (China)

2013

Cultural Landscape of Honghe Hani Rice Terraces (China)
Xinjiang Tianshan (China)

2014

Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor (China) *
The Grand Canal (China)

2015

Tusi Sites (China)

2016

Hubei Shennongjia (China)
Zuojiang Huashan Rock Art Cultural Landscape (China)

2017

Kulangsu, a Historic International Settlement (China)
Qinghai Hoh Xil (China)

2018

Fanjingshan (China)

2019

2021

Quanzhou: Emporium of the World in Song-Yuan China (China)

2023

Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu’er (China)

2024

Notes

Extension of "The Potala Palace and the Jokhang Temple Monastery, Lhasa" to include the Norbulingka area.

*: transboundary property

Legend

Category of property

Cultural Natural Natural Mixed Mixed

Property inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger

Cultural Natural Natural Mixed Mixed

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