53 WONDERS OF CHINA WORLD HERITAGE

MAUSOLEUM OF THE FIRST QIN EMPEROR

Since joining the International Convention Concerning the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage in 1985, China has 53 World Heritage Sites to date; of these 36 are cultural heritage sites, 13 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.

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