August 15, 2001 (June 26), Government House, the Longmen Grottoes four monuments was awarded world heritage certificate.

2001 8 15, the Longmen Grottoes, Ming and Qing royal mausoleum, Jokhang Temple (Potala Palace - Jokhang Temple Expansion Project), Suzhou gardens (Canglang Arts nursery, coupled Park, Lion Grove Retreat Park) the four relics World Heritage certificate issued by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre. So far, China has a total of 27 of the World Heritage, ranking third in the world.
initiated by UNESCO since 1972 and since the conclusion of the Convention on the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage ", has more than 164 member states, accounting for the vast majority of the UN member states. China to join the Convention in 1985, the relevant work is greatly promote and improve the cultural heritage of 20, so far has three Natural Heritage, Culture and Natural Heritage 4, for the protection of the world cultural and natural heritage made a positive contribution, is one of the the World Heritage achievements in recent years, the most significant national wide praise at home and abroad. The four World Heritage certificate (s) monuments of the end of 2000, the twenty-fourth World Heritage Committee in Australia through the inclusion of the "World Heritage List".