The new winners

1. Bashan Paleolithic site complex from 10,000 to 100,000 years ago in Yishui county, Shandong province

2. Keqiutou Neolithic site complex dating back 3,000 to 7,500 years in Pingtan county, Fujian province

3. Mopanshan site in Langxi county, Anhui province from about 6,000-year-old Majiabang Culture to the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC)

4. The Qujialing Neolithic site dating back 4,200 to 5,900 years in Jingmen, Hubei province

5. The Wangzhuang site in Yongcheng, Henan province, of Dawenkou Culture from about 5,000 years ago

6. The Shuyuanjie cemetery site from the Shang Dynasty (c.16th-11th century BC) city ruins in Zhengzhou, Henan province

7. The Zhaigou site dating back to the Shang Dynasty in Qingjian county, Shaanxi province

8. The Sijiaoping site in Lixian county, Gansu province, from the Qin Dynasty (221-206 BC)

9. The Chencun Ceramic Kiln site in Huozhou, Shanxi province, from Song (960-1279) to Qing (1644-1911) dynasties

10. The Northwest Continental Slope No 1 and No 2 Shipwrecks site in the South China Sea from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)