Education Research Frontier

June 2013, Volume 3, Issue 2, PP.69-76

Status and Advances of World Heritage

Education in Chinas Universities
Keqin Sun
School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
keqins@cugb.edu.cn

Abstract
As of June 2012, 962 properties throughout the world have been inscribed on the World Heritage List by the World Heritage
Committee of UNESCO, including 745 cultural, 188 natural and 29 mixed properties in 153 States Parties composed of 190
members that have ratified the World Heritage Convention up to September 2012. China holds 43 properties covering 30 cultural,
9 natural and 4 mixed properties. While as of December 2012, 259 masterpieces have been inscribed on the Representative List of
the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. The world heritage education is crucial to the protection of world
heritage sites and has become an important trend of higher education at universities. This paper gives an outline of developing
trend of world heritage and summarizes status and advances of world heritage education in China.
Keywords: World Heritage; Universities; World Heritage Education; Status; Advances

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(09YJA630150)

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