The Four great inventions important to the development of Europe were of Chinese origin.

The Four Great Inventions are:

The Four Great Inventions are the four most important inventions in the history of China.

"We are so proud of China's four great inventions [in the past]: the compass, paper-making, printing and gunpowder.

The Four Great Inventions was featured as one of the main themes of the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics.

The Four Great Inventions are the inventions that are celebrated in Chinese culture for their historical significance and serve as symbols of China's advanced science and technology.

Ancient Chinese discoveries and inventions, such as papermaking, printing, the compass, and gunpowder (the Four Great Inventions), later became widespread in Asia and Europe.

Bacon stated that the technologies that distinguished Europe of his day from the Middle Ages were paper and printing, gunpowder and the magnetic compass, known as the Four great inventions.

On the contrary, the Silk Road passed Chinese products and inventions to the Western regions, including paper: papermaking originated in China and is considered one of Four Great Inventions.

The Four Great Inventions of China: the compass, gunpowder, papermaking, and printing were among the most important technological advances, only known in Europe by the end of the Middle Ages.

Yingshan is famous as the birthplace of Bi Sheng, the inventor of movable-type printing technology in 11th century, which is regarded as one of ancient China's "four great inventions".

Ceramics, porcelain vessels and other Chinese fine arts artifacts were beamed on a giant LED scroll, representing the first of the Four Great Inventions of China, paper, and displaying animated graphics, slowly unfurling.

Hongcheng called it "the fifth greatest invention of China", in a reference to the four Great Inventions of China, and his invention became more popular, finally reaching on January 28, 1993 the front pages of a major national newspaper.

However, some modern Chinese scholars have pointed out that other Chinese inventions were perhaps more sophisticated and had a greater impact on civilization - the Four Great Inventions serve merely to highlight the technological interaction between East and West.