China Unesco World Heritage

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Vice Minister of Education Tian Xuejun, who is also Director of the Chinese National Commission for UNESCO delivers his opening speech on a screen during the opening ceremony of the 44th session of the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO in Fuzhou in southeast China's Fujian Province on Friday, July 16, 2021. The Chinese host of this year's meeting of the U.N, World Heritage Committee defended on Sunday, July 18, the body's proposal to label the Great Barrier Reef as "in danger" against Australian government suspicion that China influenced the finding for political reasons. Tian Xuejun said Australia should attach importance to the opinions of advisory bodies instead of making groundless accusations. (Song Weiwei/Xinhua via AP)