大运河
入选时间：2014年遴选依据：文化遗产(i)((iii)(iv)(vi)
地理位置：N34 41 38 E112 28 06
遗产编号：1443
世界遗产委员会评价：
The Grand Canal is a vast waterway system in the north-eastern and central-eastern plains of China, running from Beijing in the north to Zhejiang province in the south. Constructed in sections from the 5th century B.C. onwards, it was conceived as a unified means of communication for the Empire for the first time in the 7thcentury A.D (Sui Dynasty). This led to a series of gigantic worksites, creating the world’s largest and most extensive civil engineering project prior to the Industrial Revolution. It formed the backbone of the Empire’s inland communication system, transporting grain and strategic raw materials, and supplying rice to feed the population. By the 13th century it consisted of more than 2,000 kilometres of artificial waterways, linking five of China’s most important river basins. It has played an important role in ensuring the country’s economic prosperity and stability and continues today as a major means of internal communication.
涉及8个省、直辖市35个地市的大运河遗产整体申报世界遗产，关系到整个中华民族的利益。遗产共计包括65个遗产点和31段河段。
中国大运河项目遗产点（65项）
一．【北京，4项】
1、昆明湖及绣漪闸
2、广源闸、高梁闸、澄清上闸、澄清中闸
3、南新仓
4、平津上闸
