景德镇手工瓷业遗存于7月25日在联合国教科文组织世界遗产委员会第48届大会上获批，正式列入《世界遗产名录》[1][2]，成为中国第61项世界遗产[2]，也是中国首次以产业遗产类型申报的世界遗产[1]。该遗存由景德镇镇区瓷业生产中心、湖田古瓷窑址、高岭瓷土矿遗址、长岭瓷石矿遗址、蛟潭窑柴燃料产区5大区域组成[2]，包括原料产地、窑址、作坊、庙宇、会馆、码头等多种文化遗产要素[1]，完整保留了公元10至19世纪的手工制瓷产业链体系[1][2]。
景德镇御窑博物院院长翁彦俊表示，这一遗产见证了中国瓷器技术艺术走向世界的历程[1]。景德镇采用的二元配方——瓷石与高岭土的配合——对欧洲高温硬质瓷技术产生了重要影响[1]。中国文化和旅游部副部长饒权代表中国政府表达了感谢，并承诺将加强遗产保护和传承[2]。
The handicraft porcelain heritage of Jingdezhen was successfully inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on July 25, marking China's first World Heritage designation of an industrial heritage site.[1][2] The designation makes Jingdezhen's heritage China's 61st World Heritage site.[2] The property comprises five distinct zones: the porcelain production center in Jingdezhen town, the Huttian ancient porcelain kiln site, the Gaoling ceramic clay mining site, the Changling porcelain stone mining site, and the Jiaotuan kiln fuel production area.[2]
The heritage preserves a complete handicraft ceramic production system spanning from the 10th to 19th centuries, encompassing raw material sources, kiln sites, workshops, temples, guild halls, and wharves.[1] According to Weng Yanjun, director of the Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Museum and a doctoral graduate in archaeology from Peking University, this heritage documents the journey of Chinese porcelain technology and artistry to the world stage.[1] Notably, Jingdezhen's binary compositional formula—combining petuntse and kaolin—exerted significant influence on the development of European high-temperature hard-paste porcelain technology.[1] The Jingdezhen ancient ceramic genetic database has curated ceramic fragments from nearly 20 million ancient kiln industry specimens.[1] The inscription was approved at the 48th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee held in Busan, South Korea.[2] China's Vice Minister of Culture and Tourism, Rao Quan, expressed gratitude on behalf of the Chinese government and pledged commitment to strengthening the protection and transmission of this heritage.[2] The site had been confirmed as China's World Heritage nomination for 2026 in January 2025 and passed expert on-site evaluation by the United Nations in September that year.[2]