List of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in China
Time in the List Heritage Sites Location Category
1987 The Great Wall Beijing Cultural
Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing 1987, 2004 Dynasties (Forbidden City and Mukden Beijing Cultural Palace) Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor (Terra- 1987 Xi'an, Shaanxi Cultural Cotta Warrior) Cultural and 1987 Mount Taishan Tai'an, Shandong Natural
1987 Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian Beijing Cultural
1987 Mogao Grottoes Dunhuang, Gansu Cultural
Cultural and 1990 Mount Huangshan Huangshan, Anhui Natural Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest 1992 Jiuzhaigou, Sichuan Natural Area
1992 Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area Zhangjiajie, Hunan Natural
1992 Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area Huanglong, Sichuan Natural Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa 1994, 2000, 2001 Lhasa, Tibet Cultural (Jokhang Temple, Norbulingka) Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the 1994 Qufu, Shandong Cultural Kong Family Mansion Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang 1994 Shiyan, Hubei Cultural Mountains Chengde Mountain Resort and its Outlying 1994 Chengde, Hebei Cultural Temples in Chengde Mount Emei Scenic Area and Leshan Giant Cultural and 1996 Leshan, Sichuan Buddha Scenic Area Natural
1996 Lushan National Park Jiujiang, Jiangxi Cultural
1997 Old Town of Lijiang Lijiang, Yunan Cultural
1997 Ancient City of Pingyao Jinzhong, Shanxi Cultural
Classic Gardens of Suzhou: Lion Grove, 1997, 2000 Humble Administrator Garden, Lingering Suzhou, Jiangsu Cultural Garden, Garden of Master of the Nets 1998 Summer Palace Beijing Cultural
1998 Temple of Heaven Beijing Cultural
1999 Dazu Rock Carvings Chongqing Cultural
Cultural and 1999 Mount Wuyi Wuyishan, Fujian Natural Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Jiangsu, Beijing, Liaoning, Hubei, 2000, 2003, 2004 Cultural Dynasties: Xiaoling Tomb (Nanjing, Jiangsu), Hebei 13 Ming Tombs (Beijing), Jingtailing Tomb (Beijing), Three Imperial Tombs of the Qing Dynasty (Shenyang, Liaoning), Xianling Tomb (Hubei), the Eastern and Western Qing Tombs (Hebei) Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui – Xidi and 2000 Yi County, Anhui Cultural Hongcun Mount Qingcheng and Dujiangyan Irrigation 2000 Dujiangyan, Sichuan Cultural Project
2000 Longmen Grottoes Luoyang, Henan Cultural
2001 Yungang Grottoes Datong, Shanxi Cultural
Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected 2003 Yunnan Natural Areas Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Huanren County, Liaoning Province 2004 Cultural Koguryo Kingdom and Ji'an, Jilin Province
2005 Historic Center of Macau Macau Cultural
2006 Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries Sichuan Natural
2006 Yin Xu Anyang, Henan Cultural
Guizhou, Guangxi, Yunnan, 2007, 2014 South China Karst Natural Chongqing
2007 Kaiping Diaolou and Villages Jiangmen, Guangdong Cultural
2008 Mount Sanqingshan National Park Shangrao, Jiangxi Natural 2008 Fujian Tulou Fujian Cultural
2009 Wutai Mountain Xinzhou, Shanxi Cultural
Guizhou, Fujian, Hunan, Guangdong, 2010 China Danxia Natural Jiangxi, Zhejiang Historic Monuments of Dengfeng in "The 2010 Dengfeng, Henan Cultural Centre of Heaven and Earth" (Shaolin Temple)
2011 West Lake Hangzhou, Zhejiang Cultural
2012 The Site of Xanadu Xilingol, Inner Mongolia Cultural
2012 Chengjiang Fossil Site Yunnan Natural
Cultural Landscape of Honghe Hani Rice 2013 Yunnan Cultural Terraces
2013 Xinjiang Tianshan Xinjiang Natural
Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an- Gansu, Shaanxi, Ningxia, Qinghai, 2014 Cultural Tianshan Corridor Xinjiang
2014 The Grand Canal Beijing, Hangzhou Cultural
2015 Tusi Sites Hubei Cultural
Zuojiang Huashan Rock Art Cultural 2016 Guangxi Cultural Landscape
2016 Hubei Shennongjia Hubei Cultural 2017 Kulangsu: a Historic International Settlement Xiamen, Fujian Cultural
2017 Qinghai Hoh Xil Qinghai Cultural
2018 Fanjingshan Tongren, Guizhou Natural
2019 Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City Hangzhou and Deqing County Cultural
Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast of 2019 Yancheng, Jiangsu Natural Yellow Sea-Bohai Gulf of China (Phase I)