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Over the past year since China's first five national parks were launched, the parks' managers have been figuring out ways to deal with the relationship between conserving nature and benefiting local people.
The National Park Administration approved the establishment of Fanjing Mountain National Park in Tongren, Guizhou province, the provincial forestry and grassland bureau said on Wednesday.
Five criteria for China's national parks were announced on Monday by the National Forestry and Grassland Administration, aiming to preserve the country's nature reserves more scientifically.
China's first five national parks will be partly open to the public and serve as the most beautiful "classrooms" for nature conservation education, an official with the National Forestry and Grassland Administration said on Thursday.