About "The Convention of
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About "The Convention of
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| The Convention of the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage was passed by UNESCO in Paris in 1972. It aims to promote the cooperation between the goverments andthe people of all the countries in the world to make positive contibutions to the protection and restoration of the world heritage. |
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| In the Convention, the international comunity combined the concepts of cultural heritage and natural heritage togather for the first time. For a long time, natural and cultural had been considered as two contrary concepts. Human beings conquer the harmful nature, while the culture symbolies the lofty value concept. nature and culture supplement each |
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other. The cultures of
all the nationalities are created in their specific natural environment. The beauty of the
magnificent architectural projects constructed by human beings consists in the fine
natural environment around them. Some of the grand natural scenic spots are even more |
| beautiful with the creative afforts of human beings. The convention clarified the standards of natural heritage and cultural heritage, affirmed the existance of world heritage, and decllared that the heritage belongs to the whole world. This is a document with international standards implemented by all the countries in the world, so it has |
| extensive and far-reaching influence. Its major work is to define the world cultural and natural heritage and to advocate the responsibility of all mankind to protent those valuable and influential historic sites and natural scenic spots. |  |
| Since China became the signatory state of the Convertion in 1985, China has kept good cooperation with UNESCO in the field of world heritage protection. |
