Major strides made in building national parks

Construction of China's national parks has made major strides but still faces challenges, experts said.

Tang Xiaoping, head of the National Park Research Institute, told a recent forum on national park protection and development in Wuyishan, Fujian province, that China's national parks are steadily advancing in asset management, ecological restoration and infrastructure construction, the Green Times reported.

"China is building one of the world's largest national park systems. The spatial layout will adhere to a systematic and scientific principle," he said at the forum.