On Monday the World Heritage Committee added an extension of South China Karst, a natural World Heritage Site since 2007, to UNESCO's World Heritage List.

The extension, with a total area of 1,186 square kilometres, includes the Jinfoshan cluster in Chongqing Municipality, the Shibing cluster in Guizhou Province, and the Guilin and Zhujiang clusters in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

Experts believe that the addition of South China Karst (Phase II) makes the listing more complete.

To celebrate the successful addition, Jinfoshan is free to the public from June 24 to 30.