China resumed its legitimate seat in the United Nations in 1971, and became a contracting party of the Convention Concerning the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage in 1985. As one of the member states of World Heritage Committee, China plays an important role in and makes due contribution to implementing the Convention. As a manifest of such endeavor, a total of twenty-seven sites of Chinese cultural and natural heritage have been inscribed on Unesco's World Heritage List up to the end of 2000.

The photographic exhibition WORLD HERITAGE IN CHINA comprises works, based on the theme of the aforesaid twenty-seven heritage sites, by contemporary Chinese photographers. The works demonstrate, from a distinctive visual angle and through the photographic interpretation of Chinese culture, the extraordinary scenic charm, the grandeur of the rivers and mountains as well as the unique features of Chinese cultural heritage and historic monuments. The exhibition is proud to present to the world, through the photographers' lenses, the precious treasures and their outstanding universal value.
The cultural and natural heritage of China constitutes an important component part of the world heritage. The Chinese government attaches great importance and renders strong support to its preservation, administration as well as its rational excavation and exploitation. Such efforts have yielded fruitful results, based on which are accumulated rich experiences. Cultural exchange enhances universal understanding of the cultural heritage and natural landscape of the nations in the world. It is a common consensus of the Chinese people to join hands with the peoples of the world to exert arduous efforts targeting protection of the precious irreplaceable properties so as to bring forth a better today and a brighter future for the mankind.

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