世界遗产，是指被联合国教科文组织和世界遗产委员会确认的人类罕见的、目前无法替代的财富，是全人类公认的具有突出意义和普遍价值的文物古迹及自然景观，即世界文化遗产和世界自然遗产。

世界文化遗产“高句丽王城、王陵及贵族墓葬”是我国优秀的历史文化的重要组成之一，同时在世界历史文化中也表现出鲜明的特色。对其做好保护、研究和宣传等各项工作，是我们义不容辞的责任和义务。

1954年，联合国发布“海牙公约”，约定战争期间双方都不得攻击对方国家的重要文物古迹。1972年，联合国教科文组织第17届会议在巴黎通过了《世界遗产公约》（《保护世界文化和自然遗产公约》）。1985年11月我国政府加入《世界遗产公约》，成为缔约国之一。截至2015年，我国列入《世界遗产名录》的遗产计48处，居世界各国第2位，其中世界文化自然双重遗产4处，世界自然遗产10处，世界文化遗产34处。

    A World Heritage Site is a place that is listed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as being of special cultural or physical significance.The list is maintained by the international World Heritage Programme, which catalogues, names, and conserves sites of outstanding cultural or natural importance to the common heritage of humanity.

The “Capital Cities and Tombs of the AncientGoguryeo Kingdom”, inscribed on the World Heritage List as a serial of sites, is the important part of Chinese cultures and history. In view of its outstanding artistic, historic,cultural and architectural value, the conservation, protection and promotion have been among the most important responsibility and obligation of Chinese people.

With the provisions of Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict of 14 May 1954,UNESCO designation as a World Heritage Site provides prima facie evidence that such culturally sensitive sites are legally protected pursuant to the Law of War.UNESCO's work on heritage led to the adoption, in 1972, of the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, which has been ratified by China in 1985.As of July 2015, 48 sites in China are listed as World Heritage:34 cultural, 10 natural, and 4 mixed properties. According to the sites ranked by country, China is home to the second greatest number of World Heritage Sites with 48 sites.