- The world's longest manmade building—the Great Wall.
- The world's biggest ancient complex preserved today -- the Imperial Palace
- The world's largest square --Tian'anmen Square
- The world's oldest and longest human-made canal -- Grand Canal
- The world's widest and deepest canyon --The Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon
- The world's highest plateau -- Qinghai Tibet Plateau
- The world's most ancient tree species-- Maidenhair Tree
- The world's langue with the most users --Chinese
- The world's earliest and biggest cyclopedia—"Yongle Canon"
- The world's earliest book of tactics—"Sun Zi's Military Strategy and Tactics"
- The world's first collection of poems—"The Book of Songs"
- The world's biggest ancient series—"Complete Collection in Four Treasuries"
- The world's grand dictionary collecting most Chinese characters—"Kangxi Dictionary"
- The world's Buddhism grotto temple with the largest scale --Mogo Grottoes
- The world's eighth wonder-- Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum
- The world's highest preserved palace --Potala Palace
- The world's oldest wooden complex preserved today built on cliff --Overhanging Temple
- The world's biggest inland basin -- Tarim Basin
- One of the world's rarest animals --Giant Panda
- The world's No.1 peak-- Mt. Everest
- The world's oldest and best-preserved stone arch bridge-- Zhaozhou Bridge
- The world's largest carved figure of Buddha--Leshan Giant Buddha
- The world's earliest large scale jade works --the Vast Jade Sea in DuShan of the Yuan Dynasty
- The world's earliest jade work in dragon's shape found--Jade Dragon
- The world's heaviest ancient bronze ware --Simuwu Ancient Sacral Square Vessel
- The world's highest wooden building—the Wooden Tower in Yingxian County of Shanxi Province