China News Agency, Beijing, July 21st (Reporter Ying Ni) The reporter learned from the 44th World Heritage Conference in Fuzhou on the 21st that the World Heritage Committee voted to remove the British "Liverpool-Maritime Commercial City" project from the "World Heritage" project. Delisted from the Heritage List.

  It is understood that the project was listed on the "World Heritage List" in 2004 and on the "List of World Heritage in Danger" in 2012.

The International Council of Monuments and Heritage and the World Heritage Center, a professional consulting agency, believe that the ongoing development of the heritage site and its buffer zone, "Liverpool Waters" (Liverpool Waters), has caused irreparable damage to the outstanding universal value of the heritage site , It is recommended to remove it from the "World Heritage List".

After the meeting was debated, Norway proposed, Uganda and Guatemala seconded, and the World Heritage Committee members made the above decision by secret ballot.

  It is reported that this is the third world heritage site to be delisted after the Arabian Antelope Reserve in Oman in 2007 and the Elbe Valley in Dresden, Germany in 2009.

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