2021年，我国世界文化遗产受自然和人为因素总体负面影响程度有所减少，其中自然侵蚀、建设压力、自然灾害是主要影响因素，人口压力、游客压力次之，人为破坏、开采压力、污染压力最轻。66%的遗产地开展了支撑遗产本体病害与周边环境分析的自然环境监测，其中95%的遗产地对自然环境负面影响因素防治较好或控制正常；23处遗产地遭受以暴雨为主的自然灾害影响，遗产本体未受到严重破坏；4处遗产地遭受游客及社会公众破坏，但未对遗产本体产生严重影响；受资源开采点、严重污染企业影响的遗产地数量维持不变，15处遗产地仍存在人口疏散需求；72%的遗产地游客量出现回升，存在日游客量超载现象的遗产地占比下降1个百分点；经文物部门同意的建设项目数量与上年基本持平。
In 2021，the overall negative impact of natural and human elements on World Cultural Heritage properties in China reduced. Natural erosions，construction pressure and natural disasters are major affecting elements，followed by population and tourist pressures and then by human destruction，exploitation pressure and pollution pressure. 66% of the World Cultural Heritage sites in China went through natural environment monitoring in order to support analysis of diseases to their physical fabrics and settings，among which 95% saw a good or normal state of control over negative affecting elements from the natural environment. 23 heritage sites were affected by natural disasters，mostly from thunderstorms，while their physical fabrics were not badly damaged. 4 heritage sites suffered damage from tourists or the general public，but such damages did not cause serious impact on the physical fabrics. The number of heritage sites affected by resources exploitation sites and enterprises generating serious pollution remained unchanged. It is still necessary to vacate 15 heritage sites. Visitations to 72% of the heritage sites rebounded，while the ratio of the heritage sites with daily visitation overload decreased by 1%. The number of construction projects approved by cultural heritage authorities was basically the same as the previous year.
