In 2021，institutional and capacity building for World Cultural Heritage properties in China continued to improve. In terms of institutional guarantees，Institution of protection managements continued to be put in place for all the World Cultural Heritage properties in China. Due to the reform of administrative authorities，Institution of protection managements for 13 World Cultural Heritage properties in China were adjusted accordingly，with a decline in the modification frequency of Institution of protection managements compared to the two previous years. In terms of human resources guarantees，there was a decline of the total number of employees，but a slight increase of the number of full-time monitoring staff members. However，only 32 heritage properties had technical professionals of more than 40% of the total staff，indicating that there is still considerable room for improvement. In terms of capacity building，52 new regulations and rules related to heritage protection and management were enacted，contributing to the improvement of the legal system for heritage conservation. The percentage of participants of World Heritage site increased by 36.3% over the previous year. There was a recovery in heritage conservation funds，with an additional allocation of nearly 311 million RMB yuan over 2020，registering an increase rate of 2.1% over the previous year. There was still a considerable gap of conservation funds among different heritage properties，but such a gap moved toward a balance in general.