National archaeological site park being built in Beijing's Zhoukoudian

In southwest Beijing's Fangshan District, there lies the Zhoukoudian site, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, where the skull of the famous "Peking Man" was discovered in 1929. Dating from around 700,000 years ago, the fossil is a key piece of evidence for the existence of primitive man in the Beijing area. As the most comprehensive and representative site of the ancient humans of the time, its discovery marks a milestone in Chinese anthropological history.

To better protect the site and showcase its value to science, education and tourism, it was added to the first batch of planned national archaeological site parks by the National Cultural Heritage Administration in 2022. A detailed construction plan has been drawn up by the Beijing municipal government and preparatory work is underway.