Introduction Center

World Heritage Institute of Training and Research for the Asia and the Pacific Region under the auspices of UNESCO (Beijing)

The UNESCO World Heritage Training and Research Centre for the Asia-Pacific Region is a non-profit organization engaged in world heritage research and training education. Its headquarters secretariat is currently located in Shanghai, and it has three branch centers in Beijing, Shanghai and Suzhou respectively. The Beijing Center is under the dual management of Peking University and the Secretar...

Organizational structure

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  UNESCO Category 2 Institute

  The first UNESCO category 2 institute of heritage conservation in developing countries

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  Non-profit Organization of the World Heritage

  Serving the States parties to the World Heritage Convention and other UNESCO member states in the Asia and the Pacific region

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  Led by Peking University

  Operated by the School of Archaeology and Museology of Peking University and docking with the secretariat