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Society: Fujian to host 2020 heritage session

A meeting of the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO will be held next year in Fuzhou, Fujian province, Abulfas Garayev, chairman of the committee said in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Tuesday. Vice-Minister of Education Tian Xuejun was elected as chairman of the Fujian session. The Baku session from June 30 to Wednesday attracted more than 2,500 delegates from 180 countries. With the latest additions, which include one in Africa, two in Arab states, 10 in the Asia-Pacific region, 15 in Europe and North America and one in Latin America, the World Heritage List features 1,121 sites. Among the additions were China's Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast of the Yellow Sea-Bohai Gulf (Phase I) and the Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. Their inclusion in the UNESCO list brings the number of world heritage sites in the country to 55.

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