This is a list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in China. China has 59, ranking second in the world, just below Italy (60). China ratified The Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage on 12 December 1985. These sites comprise an essential part of China's rich tourism resources.

Overview

Since joining the International Convention Concerning the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage in 1985, China has 59 World Heritage Sites to date; of these 40 are cultural heritage sites, 15 are natural heritage sites, and 4 are cultural and natural (mixed) sites, ranking second in the world. In addition, there are also several Chinese documents inscribed in UNESCO's list Memory of the World, which registers the world's documentary heritage. Furthermore, China has a rich non-material cultural heritage, with several of them inscribed on UNESCO's list of Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.

Map

Following is a map of the World Heritage Sites in China. Numbered sites around Beijing: 1. Great Wall; 2. Forbidden City; 3. Zhoukoudian; 4. Summer Palace; 5. Temple of Heaven; 6. Ming tombs; 7. Eastern Qing Tombs; 8. Western Qing Tombs; 9. Beijing Central Axis Legend: Cultural Heritage site; Natural Heritage site; Mixed site

World Heritage Sites

Tentative list

There are the sites China has submitted to the UNESCO World Heritage tentative list.