While the historical and cultural significance of the Chinkuashih area should not be ignored, Wang Shin of the National Taiwan University Department of Geography says there is more to Chinkuashih than that. Wang, who is striving to have the area listed as a world heritage site, believes that the land and geology of Chinkuashih, whose uniqueness created gold mining in Taiwan, are even more deserving of our recognition.
金瓜石地區的人文歷史意義不容忽視；極力推薦金瓜石列入「世界遺產」的台大地理環境資源系教授王鑫卻認為，金瓜石特殊的地理，生產出台灣最可觀的金礦，更值得人們認識。