CHRISTCHURCH, June 29 (Xinhua) -- UNESCO's World Heritage List numbers 851 properties this year, with 22 new sites, announced the ongoing 31st Committee meeting held here Friday.

After the additions made this year, the 851 properties include 660 cultural, 166 natural and 25 mixed sites.

Kaiping Diaolou inscribed on World Heritage List

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, June 28 (Xinhua) -- The Diaolou (watchtower house) of Kaiping, China, was inscribed Thursday World Heritage status by the 31st World Heritage Committee meeting here.

The Diaolou of Kaiping thus became the 35th World heritage site, also the first of economically prominent South China's Guangdong province.

The Diaolou (watchtower house) of Kaiping in China's Guangdong province. (File Photo)

China's Karsts inscribed on World Heritage List

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, June 27 (Xinhua) -- The Karsts in southern China, which is made up of the stone forest in Yunnan province, Libo County in Guizhou province and Wulong county in Chongqing city, was inscribed here on UNESCO's World Heritage List Wednesday.

The site nomination was approved by the ongoing 31st World Heritage Committee's annual meeting, which started here Saturday.