The southeastern city of Quanzhou, which covers an area of 10,000 square kilometers and is home to some eight million people, is not a big city by Chinese standards. Yet in terms of historical and ...

The serial site of Quanzhou illustrates the city’s vibrancy as a maritime emporium during the Song and Yuan periods (10th - 14th centuries AD) and its interconnection with the Chinese hinterland.

At the estuary of the Luoyang River in Quanzhou City, vast areas of lush mangrove forests stand in harmony with the Luoyang Bridge, a national cultural heritage site. In recent years, the cultural ...

Quanzhou is now the 56th World Heritage Site in China along with other notable landmarks such as the Great Wall and Summer Palace in Beijing.. In 2018, the city was nominated for UNESCO World Heritage ...

The Quanzhou High-tech Industrial Zone (Jiangnan Park) is a central part of the Licheng district of Quanzhou in the development of high-tech industry. Construction work of the park began in ...

On 11 March 2025, UNESCO and the Quanzhou Municipality, People's Republic of China, signed an agreement launching the China Funds-in-Trust (Quanzhou) for Capacity-Building on World Heritage in Africa.