China News Service, Beijing, June 11 (Reporter Chen Su) June 11 is China's 6th Cultural and Natural Heritage Day. This year's theme is "Cooperative Protection of World Natural Heritage and Building a Community of Life on Earth".
The reporter learned from the State Forestry and Grassland Administration of China that as of now, the number of China's world natural heritage has reached 14, and the number of cultural and natural heritages has reached 4, ranking first in the world, and the overall protection is in good condition.
World heritage includes three categories: world natural heritage, world natural and cultural heritage, and world cultural heritage.
China has a total of 18 world natural heritage and dual heritage sites, with a total area of 70,600 square kilometers.
Of these, 3 involve national parks, 6 are located in global biodiversity hotspots, and 9 are included in the UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve.
These heritages protect China's most representative geological relics, the most beautiful mountains, forests, lakes, and the most rare and endangered species of animals and plants.
At the same time, the 18 heritage sites have also protected more than 200 cultural relics protection units, intangible cultural heritage, many famous historical and cultural cities, towns, villages and traditional villages, bringing an average of more than 14 billion yuan in tourism revenue to the local area every year.
The relevant person in charge of the State Forestry and Grassland Administration said that this year marks the 35th anniversary of the inclusion of the first batch of world heritage sites in China on the World Heritage List.
In the past 35 years, China's world heritage cause has grown from nothing to a large one, and has made remarkable achievements in the declaration, protection, management and utilization of world heritage.
In recent years, China has accelerated the construction of a natural reserve system with national parks as the main body, formed an effective mechanism for the protection and management of world heritage relying on the natural reserve system, and vigorously promoted the coordinated protection of natural reserves and natural heritage.
According to the 2020 World Heritage Outlook assessment report of the World Conservation Union (IUCN), among the world natural heritage and dual heritage sites, 63% of the world's overall conditions are in "good" and "good" status, and 89% in China. 7% of the world is in critical condition, China is zero.
The overall protection status of 18 world natural heritage sites and dual heritage sites is good, which is better than the international average.
It is understood that during this year's "Cultural and Natural Heritage Day", various places in China have organized and arranged various commemorative activities based on actual conditions, publicized the concept of world heritage protection, and advocated the whole society to care for and cherish world heritage.
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