号称“中原文物大省”的河南，迄今为止竟没有一处“世界文化遗产”！２０００年初，在省政协八届三次会议上，文物专家们“申报世界文化遗产”的呼声再次引起了广大政协委员的共鸣和社会各界的关注。“我们的起步太晚了！”省政协委员、省文物局专家组成员杨宝顺说：“中原是 Known as the “Central Plains cultural relics,” Henan, so far there is actually not a “World Cultural Heritage”! In early 2000, at the third meeting of the Eighth Provincial Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, remarks by cultural relics experts on “declaring the world cultural heritage” again attracted the sympathy of the majority of CPPCC members and the attention of all sectors of society. “We started too late!” CPPCC Provincial Committee members Yang Baoshun, a member of the Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau, said: "Central Plains is