The Giant Panda National Park was officially established!

On the afternoon of October 12th, I learned from the leaders’ summit of the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity that the Giant Panda National Park was formally established. National parks are established and managed by the state, which is an important part of the construction of system of ecological civilization in China. The first list: Sanjiangyuan National Park, Giant Panda National Park, Northeast Tiger and Leopard National Park, Hainan Rainforest National Park and Wuyishan National Park.

Introduction of Giant Panda National Park

The Giant Panda National Park consists of Minshan area in Sichuan Province, Qionglai Mountain-Daxiangling area in Sichuan Province, Qinling area in Shaanxi Province and Baishuijiang area in Gansu Province, with a total area of 27,134 square kilometers and more than 80 nature reserves. There are 1631 wild giant pandas in the pilot area, accounting for 87.50% of the total number of wild giant pandas in China, and the habitat area of giant pandas is 18,056 square kilometers, accounting for 70.08% of the habitat area of giant pandas in China. There are 116 species of wild animals and 35 species of wild plants under state protection.

Giant Panda National Park is in Sichuan.

2017  Sichuan has launched a pilot system of the Giant Panda National Park.

October 2018  Giant Panda National Park Administration was established in Chengdu.

October 2019  The South Entrance Community Project of the Giant Panda National Park was launched in Ya ‘an, marking the pilot project of the Giant Panda National Park in Sichuan has entered a comprehensive stage.

As one of the pilot areas of the Giant Panda National Park system, Sichuan has an area of 20,177 square kilometers, accounting for 74% of the total area. Since the pilot, Sichuan has initially straightened out the relevant management system in the pilot area, demarcated the park boundary, completed the restoration of 68 square kilometers of corridor vegetation, and connected the fragmented habitats in series; According to the idea of "point settlement, online tourism and surface protection", we will guide the formation of a pattern of "people retreat to cats"; Establish a co-construction, co-management and sharing mechanism, moderate franchise development and giant panda friendly industries, and ease the contradiction between protection and development. According to statistics, more than 8,000 species of accompanying animals and plants in the pilot area of Sichuan have been protected by umbrellas with the protection of giant pandas.