Tourists visit the Bund in Shanghai on Tuesday. It is among 98 sites on the 20the-Century Chinese Architechtural Heritage List.[Yan Daming/For China Daily]

Expert says architects' spirit worthy of saving for later generations

A national list of architectural masterpieces was released in Beijing on Thursday to remind people of disappearing heritage.

Ninety-eight sites were inscribed into the first edition of the 20th-Century Chinese Architectural Heritage List, which was drafted by the Chinese Society of Cultural Relics and the Architectural Society of China.

Landmark architecture of New China, like the Great Hall of the People and the Monument to the People's Heroes, ranked high on the list.