China will apply to UNESCO for recognition of the Maritime silk road world heritage

The Maritime silk road may be included in the Register of world heritage of UNESCO. This was stated by the head of the State administration for the protection of cultural heritage of China Liu Yuzhu at the first International cultural EXPO of the silk road that opened on Tuesday in Dunhuang /Prov. Gansu, Northwest China.

China is now actively working on the design of the application. The idea of integrating marine corridor in the registry came from China after successful recognition of the overland silk road legacy

Recall that in 2014, the 38th session in Doha the world heritage Committee approved a joint application of China, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan for inclusion in the list of UNESCO world heritage site of the silk road. The application included 33 historical sites located along the silk road. Of these, 22 are in China, 8 in Kazakhstan and three in Kyrgyzstan. This is the first time that China cooperates with other countries to apply for inclusion of the object in the UNESCO world heritage list

"as opposed To the land silk road historic sites on the Maritime silk road and isolated, devoid of compactness, therefore, greater success can be achieved if feeding is not only common, but also individual application for inclusion in the world heritage list" said Liu Yuzhu.

2000 years ago the Maritime silk road served as a commercial and cultural corridor that connected China with other countries and regions of the world. Many historians believe that the ancient sea trade corridor originated on the Southeast coast of China, but rather in the three main ports and Guangzhou, Quanzhou and Ningbo, and, passing through the South-Citisec sea, the Indian ocean and the Red sea, reached Europe and the East coast of Africa