At the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, China formally established the first batch of national parks such as Sanjiangyuan, Giant Panda, Siberian Tiger and Leopard, Hainan Tropical Rainforest, and Wuyi Mountain. The establishment of the national park aims to protect the most important parts of the natural ecosystem, the most unique natural landscape, the best natural heritage, and the richest biodiversity.

List of the first batch of national parks in China

Sanjiangyuan National Park

Protected area: 190,700 square kilometers
Important function: Protect the important ecological function area of ​​the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
Introduction: The Three Rivers Source National Park has realized the overall protection of the source of the Yangtze, Yellow and Lancang Rivers. Glacier and snowy mountains, high-altitude wetlands, desert Gobi, alpine grassland and meadows are widely distributed in the park. The ecological types are rich and the structure and functions are complete.

Giant Panda National Park

Protected area: 22,000 square kilometers
Important function: protects more than 70% of the country’s wild pandas
Introduction: The Giant Panda National Park spans Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu provinces. It is a concentrated distribution area and main breeding habitat for wild giant pandas. The park is rich in biodiversity and has a unique natural and cultural landscape. It is a demonstration area for biodiversity protection, a pioneer area for ecological value realization and a model for world ecological education.

Northeast Tiger and Leopard National Park

Protected area: 14,100 square kilometers
Important function: protect wild Siberian tiger and Siberian leopard populations
Introduction: The Siberian Tiger and Leopard National Park spans the two provinces of Jilin and Heilongjiang, and is adjacent to Russia and North Korea. Here is the largest and only breeding family of wild Siberian tigers and Siberian leopards in China. The vegetation types in the park are diverse, and the ecological structure is relatively complete. It is a typical representative of the temperate forest ecosystem.

Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park

Protected area: 4269 square kilometers
Important function: preserved the most complete and diverse continental island tropical rain forest in China
Introduction: Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park is located in the central part of Hainan Island. It is the only place where the world’s most endangered primate, the Hainan Gibbon, is a treasure house of tropical biodiversity and genetic resources, and has become an island-type tropical rainforest for the inheritance of precious natural resources. And a model of biodiversity conservation.

Wuyishan National Park

Protected area: 1280 square kilometers
Important function: Preserving the native evergreen broad-leaved forest ecosystem in the mid-subtropics
Introduction: Wuyi Mountain National Park spans Fujian and Jiangxi provinces. The park is home to the most complete and largest mid-subtropical native evergreen broad-leaved forest ecosystem at the same latitude in the world. It is a treasure house of flora and fauna in Southeast China. Wuyi Mountain has unparalleled ecological and human resources, and possesses the “dual heritage” of world culture and nature.