The world's cultural and natural heritage is an important outcome of the development of human civilization and natural evolution. The recently held 46th session of the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO included China's cultural heritage nomination: the Beijing Central Axis: A Building Ensemble Exhibiting the Ideal Order of the Chinese Capital on the World Heritage List. It also included two natural heritage nominations, respectively Badain Jaran Desert - Towers of Sand and Lakes, and Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast of Yellow Sea-Bohai Gulf of China (Phase II).
Photo shows the Jiuzhaigou scenic spot in Aba Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan province. (People's Daily Online/Xie Shangguo) To date, there are 59 sites of world heritage in China, including 15 natural sites and four mixed cultural and natural heritage sites. The country ranks first in the world in terms of the number of natural heritage sites.
The inclusion exactly mirrored China's unremitting efforts to protect and inherit cultural and natural heritage, conserve ecology and build itself into a beautiful country. For some time, China has placed unprecedented emphasis on ecological conservation. The nature reserves system with national parks being the main component has been continuously improved, providing a solid institutional guarantee for the protection of world natural heritage and mixed cultural and natural heritage.
At present, China's world natural heritage sites an.