But the reason why the Chin-kuashih-Chiufen area can be considered a world heritage asset, argues Monica C. Kuo, president of the Chinese Institute of Landscape Architects in Taiwan, is that its historic impact extended far and wide. From a historical perspective, the gold produced in Chinkuashih and Chiufen profoundly influenced the economic and colonial history of Asia in the first half of the last century.
但金瓜石與九份之所以成為世界遺產，中華民國景觀學會理事長郭瓊瑩將金、九的歷史影響力推得更遠更廣，「從人文角度審度，金、九兩地生產的黃金，深深影響著上個世紀前半葉的亞洲經濟和殖民歷史。」