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Which of the World Heritage List has been destroyed?

Although China has many world heritage sites, many contradictions have arisen in protection and development. At the same time, poor protection of world heritage sites has also caused irreparable losses to the heritage sites. The following are some of the more significant events: In September 1998, UNESCO officials made sharp criticisms of the damage to the natural environment caused by local urbanization while conducting World Heritage monitoring in Wulingyuan, Zhangjiajie, Hunan. In April 2001, former Prime Minister Zhu Rongji expressed concern about the local natural environment when he inspected Zhangjiajie, and instructed to speed up the demolition of buildings in Wulingyuan Scenic Area and return farmland to forests to strengthen greening efforts. On May 1, 2002, Zhangjiajie Bailong tourist elevator went into trial operation. The elevator was considered by domestic and foreign media to damage the natural scenery. On the afternoon of November 23, 2002, the Sichuan Zipingpu Water Conservancy Project successfully closed the flow. The sister project of this project, the Yangliu Lake Project, is only 1,300 meters away from Dujiangyan. In August 2003, the Yangliu Lake project was urgently stopped. On the evening of January 19, 2003, a fire broke out in the main hall of Yuzhen Palace, one of the important components of the ancient architectural complex in Wudang Mountain, Hubei. The responsibility for the fire lies with the Wudang Mountain Cultural Relics Management Department. Relevant departments violated national regulations and transferred the right to use Yuzhen Palace to a private martial arts school without authorization, thus posing safety risks. In mid-2003, a plan for a 13-level power station with an installed capacity of over 20 million kilowatts was formally proposed for hydropower development in the Nujiang River in Yunnan. The plan was shelved in early 2004. On the evening of February 10, 2004, a stone carving and a clay sculpture head in Shimen Mountain, Dazu Rock Carvings, were chopped off and stolen. At 2:30 pm Beijing time on October 17, 2005, a section of the south gate wall of the ancient city of Pingyao, Shanxi, collapsed. In the past 20 years, Taishan, Shandong Province, has suffered from excessive construction and destruction of vegetation due to poor development. As of April 2005, 164 illegal buildings and 21 illegal villas had been demolished in the Taishan Scenic Area, more than 400 blocks of commercial advertisements had been removed, 53 standard public toilets and 29 sewage treatment pools had been built, 4,200 meters of ancient roads had been repaired, and A forest fire prevention video detection system in Taishan Scenic Spot has been established, and the main overhaul project of the ancient building and the greening project on the top of the mountain have been basically completed. In 2006, the Macau SAR government lifted the height restriction on buildings at the eastern foot of Guia Mountain, which was accused of destroying the historic nature of the Guia Lighthouse. On November 14, 2006, the People's Republic of China and the Ministry of Culture promulgated the "Measures for the Protection and Management of World Cultural Heritage", which stipulates that "world cultural heritage whose authenticity and integrity have been compromised due to poor protection and management shall be protected by the National Cultural Heritage Administration" At the 31st World Heritage Conference, the World Heritage Committee warned about the issue of the damming of the Three Parallel Rivers, including the Forbidden City in Beijing, the Temple of Heaven, the Summer Palace, the Ancient City of Lijiang, and the Buenos Aires. Dara Palace was asked to rectify the situation.