World Heritage List
Also protected by
China
- Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian
- Mogao Caves
- Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang
- The Great Wall
- Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang Mountains
- Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family Mansion in Qufu
- Mountain Resort and its Outlying Temples, Chengde
- Mount Emei Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area
- Ancient City of Ping Yao
- Old Town of Lijiang
- Classical Gardens of Suzhou
- Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in Beijing
- Temple of Heaven: an Imperial Sacrificial Altar in Beijing
- Dazu Rock Carvings
- Longmen Grottoes
- Mount Qingcheng and the Dujiangyan Irrigation System
- Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties
- Yungang Grottoes
- Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas
- Historic Centre of Macao
- Yin Xu
- Kaiping Diaolou and Villages
- Fujian Tulou
- Mount Wutai
- Historic Monuments of Dengfeng in “The Centre of Heaven and Earth”
- West Lake Cultural Landscape of Hangzhou
- Chengjiang Fossil Site
- Site of Xanadu
- Cultural Landscape of Honghe Hani Rice Terraces
- Xinjiang Tianshan
- The Grand Canal
- Tusi Sites
- Hubei Shennongjia
- Zuojiang Huashan Rock Art Cultural Landscape
- Fanjingshan
- Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City
- Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast of Yellow Sea-Bohai Gulf of China (Phase I)
- Quanzhou: Emporium of the World in Song-Yuan China
- Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu’er
Also protected by Biosphere Reserves
Also protected by Geoparks
Also protected by 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
China
- Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor
- Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa 1
- Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui – Xidi and Hongcun
- Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom
- Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor *
- Qinghai Hoh Xil
- Kulangsu, a Historic International Settlement
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