UNESCO World Heritage Sites in China
Every UNESCO World Heritage site in China with inscription year, province and why each one deserves a stop on your route.
Last verified: 2026-10-27
Cultural sites
- Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang MountainsHubei
- Ancient City of Ping YaoShanxi
- Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui – Xidi and HongcunAnhui
- Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu CityZhejiang
- Beijing Central Axis: A Building Ensemble Exhibiting the Ideal Order of the Chinese CapitalBeijing
- Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo KingdomJilin
- Chengde Mountain Resort and its Outlying TemplesHebei
- Classical Gardens of SuzhouJiangsu
- Cultural Landscape of Honghe Hani Rice TerracesYunnan
- Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu'erYunnan
- Dazu Rock CarvingsChongqing
- Fujian TulouFujian
- Historic Centre of MacauMacau
- Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, LhasaTibet
- Historic Monuments of Dengfeng in the "Centre of Heaven and Earth"Henan
- Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (Forbidden City)Beijing
- Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing DynastiesMultiple (Jiangsu, Hebei, Liaoning, Hubei, Beijing)
- Kaiping Diaolou and VillagesGuangdong
- Kulangsu: a Historic International SettlementFujian
- Longmen GrottoesHenan
- Lushan National ParkJiangxi
- Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor (Terracotta Army)Shaanxi
- Mogao CavesGansu
- Mount Qingcheng and the Dujiangyan Irrigation SystemSichuan
- Mount WutaiShanxi
- Old Town of LijiangYunnan
- Peking Man Site at ZhoukoudianBeijing
- Quanzhou: Emporium of the World in Song-Yuan ChinaFujian
- Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan CorridorMultiple — China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
- Site of XanaduInner Mongolia
- Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in BeijingBeijing
- Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family MansionShandong
- Temple of Heaven: an Imperial Sacrificial Altar in BeijingBeijing
- The Grand CanalMultiple (Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang)
- The Great WallMultiple (Beijing, Hebei, Gansu, etc.)
- Tusi SitesHubei, Hunan, Guizhou
- West Lake Cultural Landscape of HangzhouZhejiang
- Xixia Imperial TombsNingxia
- Yin XuHenan
- Yungang GrottoesShanxi
- Zuojiang Huashan Rock Art Cultural LandscapeGuangxi
Natural sites
- Chengjiang Fossil SiteYunnan
- China DanxiaMultiple (Guangdong, Fujian, Hunan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Guizhou)
- FanjingshanGuizhou
- Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest AreaSichuan
- Hubei ShennongjiaHubei
- Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest AreaSichuan
- Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast of the Yellow Sea-Bohai Gulf (Phase I)Jiangsu (Phase I), multiple provinces for subsequent phases
- Mount Sanqingshan National ParkJiangxi
- Qinghai Hoh XilQinghai/Tibet
- Sichuan Giant Panda SanctuariesSichuan
- South China KarstMultiple (Yunnan, Guizhou, Chongqing, Guangxi)
- Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected AreasYunnan
- Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest AreaHunan
- Xinjiang TianshanXinjiang