Koreans in China
"Pansori" has been designated as Korea's National Intangible Cultural Heritage No. 5 since 1964. On November 7, 2003, "pansori" was registered as the UNESCO's Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity of Korea. In 2011, the "pansori" practiced by the ethnic Koreans in China was also nominated as the UNESCO's intangible cultural heritage by the governments of Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture and Tieling.