FUZHOU, July 25 (Xinhua) -- China's "Quanzhou: Emporium of the World in Song-Yuan China" was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List as a cultural site on Sunday, bringing the total number of the country's UNESCO World Heritage sites to 56.
Quanzhou, a coastal city in east China's Fujian Province, was a global maritime trade center back in the Song and Yuan dynasties. Enditem