China's Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City was inscribed on the World Heritage List on Saturday by the World Heritage Committee, which convened its 43rd annual session in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Liangzhu Archaeological Site is a comprehensive archaeological site representing the Chinese civilization of prehistoric rice agriculture between 3300 B.C. and 2300 B.C. With the successful inscriptions, China now owns 55 World Heritage Sites in total.

Located in a plain of river network at the east foot of Tianmu Mountain north of the coastal hilly region in southeast China, Liangzhu Archaeological Site covers an area of 908.89 hectares in Yuhang District, Hangzhou of Zhejiang Province and consists of the archaeological site, unearthed cultural relics and an environment of wetland; meanwhile, the buffer zone covering 10,256.45 hectares around the nominated Liangzhu Site includes five heritage sites, namely Yaoshan, Tangshan, Xunshan, Huiguanshan and Yaojiadun which have potential supporting value to the property.

It is one of the most important sites of the Neolithic Age in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. The Site shows a political, economic, cultural and religious center of the prehistoric Liangzhu Culture (3300B.C.－ 2300B.C.) of China. 

The Liangzhu Culture represented by the Liangzhu Archaeological Site was of far-reaching and long-lasting significance in the initial and early stages of Chinese civilization, and played an outstanding role in the 5,000- year development of Chinese civilization, according to unesco.org.

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(Executive Editor: Yongliu He)