To mark the 30th anniversary of the restoration of China's legal seat in the United Nations, Chinese Embassy in Egypt held a photo show entitled World Heritage in China at Cairo on December 19th. The show was warmly welcomed.

The 50-plus color photos displayed at the Egyptian International Cultural Cooperation Center focus on 27 sites listed as the world cultural and natural heritage by UNESCO. Among them some are well familiar to foreign tourists such as the Great Wall, the Imperial Palace and the Temple of Heaven, and some are not so familiar to them such as Jiuzhagou, Wudang Mountain, Chengde Summer Resort in and the Confucius Temple in Qufu; and some are not popularly known even among Chinese people, such as the ancient city Pingyao and Dujiangyan water conservancy project.

Chinese Ambassador to Egypt Liu Xiaoming cut the ribbon for the opening ceremony and made a speech. He pointed out that with the shift and renewal of conception concerning human survival, to cherish the living environment of mankind and to protect cultural and natural heritage have been taken more and more seriously by international society as a common cause to all, a cause that is a great service to mankind through the ages.

The photo show of the World Heritage in China was held with the energetic support of Egyptian Ministry of Culture. About 200 people, including Egyptian government officials, people in information and cultural circles, and foreign diplomats in Egypt, visited the show on the 9th.

(From www.people.com.cn)