Effort to protect close to extinction species

In a concerted effort to protect the nation’s zoological and botanical resources, China had established 763 nature reserves covering 66.18 million hectares by 1994. Sichuan’s Wolong, Jilin’s Changbai Mountains, Guangdong’s Dinghu Mountains, Guizhou’s Fanjing Mountains, Fujian’s Wuyi Mountains, Hubei’s Shennongjia, Inner Mongolia’s Xilingol, Xinjiang’s Mt. Bogda, Yunnan’s Xishuangbanna and Jiangsu’s Yancheng serve as bases for international scientific research projects; Heilongjiang’s Zhalong, Jilin’s Xianghai, Dongting Lake in eastern Hunan, Jiangxi’s Poyang Lake, Qinghai’s Bird Island and Hainan’s Dongzhai Harbour have been included in the listing of the world’s important waterfowl wetlands. In addition, rescue centres for animals close to extinction have been established in Beijing, Kunming, Guangzhou and elsewhere. To date, China has succeeded in breeding more than 60 species of animals close to extinction, a great contribution to the world’s efforts to save such creatores.