Vast areas conserve resources

Three-River-Source National Park

One of the most concentrated areas in Asia and even the world where large rivers are bred, Sanjiangyuan, or the Three-River-Source, in Qinghai province, is an important region for water conservation. It has the highest and largest plateau wetland ecosystem in the world. The Three-River-Source National Park has a total area of 190,700 square kilometers and is located in the southwest of Qinghai, with Huanghe township in Madoi county in the east, the Qiangtang Plateau in the west, the Tangula Mountains in the south, and the Kunlun Mountains in the north. It is divided into three sections: the source of the Yangtze River, the source of the Yellow River, and the source of the Lancang River. The unique plateau alpine climate gave birth to the natural ecosystem of the park, which integrates grasslands, wetlands, forests, rivers, lakes, snowcapped mountains, glaciers, wild animals and world natural heritage, showing the original natural features and natural space.

Giant Panda National Park

The Giant Panda National Park has a total area of 22,000 square kilometers, spanning Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu provinces. The park is dominated by forest ecosystems, with an area of 27,134 sq km, a forest coverage rate of 68.37 percent, and a forest stock volume of 212 million cubic meters. The natural forest area is 13,500 sq km, accounting for 90.09 percent of the forest area. The artificial forest area is 1,490 square kilometers, accounting for 9.91 percent of the forest area. The land use type is mainly woodland, accounting for 84.56 percent of the total area of the national park.

Northeast China Tiger and Leopard National Park

Northeast China Tiger and Leopard National Park has a total area of 14,600 square kilometers. It is located in the southern Laoyeling area at the junction of the two provinces of Jilin and Heilongjiang, adjacent to Russia and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. The forest area in the park is 13,700 sq km, the forest stock volume is 200 million cubic meters, and the forest coverage rate is 97.74 percent. The natural forest area is 13,100 sq km, accounting for 95.62 percent of the forest area. The artificial forest area is 637 sq km, accounting for 4.38 percent of the forest area. The water resources are abundant and the water system is well developed, including the Gaya, Huapidianzi, Dawangqing and Minjiang rivers.

National Park of Hainan Tropical Rainforest

The Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park has a total area of 4,269 square kilometers and is located in the central part of Hainan Island. The park can be found in the dome structure area. It forms layered topography with the Wuzhishan-Yingeling central mountain as the high point and descends layer-by-layer to the periphery. There are tropical rainforest ecosystems with obvious vertical distribution such as lowland rainforests, mountain rainforests and tropical cloud forest. The total area of tropical rainforest in the park is 3,154 sq km, accounting for 73.88 percent of the national park's total area.

Wuyishan National Park

Wuyi Mountains is the boundary between the southeast coastal hills of the country and the south of the Yangtze River, and the natural watershed of the Minjiang River, Tingjiang River and Poyang Lake. Wuyishan National Park has a total area of 1,280 square kilometers, and is located in the northern section of Wuyi Mountains at the junction of Fujian and Jiangxi provinces. The Wuyi Mountain range is the most important mountain range in the southeast coastal region of the country. There are more than 30 peaks above 1,800 meters in the park, of which Huanggang Mountain is 2,160.8 meters above sea level. The main creeks and rivers include Tongmu Creek, Huangbai Creek, Mayang Creek, Chongyang Creek, Qingxi River in the upper reaches of the Minjiang River, and the Qianshan River, as well as Zixishui and Yangcunshui in the upper reaches of Xinjiang River in the Yangtze River. The forest area in the park is 1,254 sq km, and the forest coverage rate is 97.97 percent. The vegetation has obvious zonal distribution, including evergreen broad-leaved forest belts, coniferous and broad-leaved mixed forest belts and temperate coniferous forest belts.