2021-01-25 09:35:17 GMT2021-01-25 17:35:17(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
NANCHANG, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) Equipped with a consulting room, an intensive care unit and a rehabilitation center, Wucheng wildlife rescue center in China s largest freshwater lake Poyang Lake has become a nursing home for sick and injured wintering birds. We have treated 76 birds over the past two years. People would send sick and injured birds to us whenever they find one, said Shu Guolei, director of the rescue center in Yongxiu County, east China s Jiangxi Province.
The rescue center is part of the Wucheng station, under the administration of the Poyang Lake Wetland Nature Reserve.
Wintering birds flock to greener Yangtze China Daily | Updated: 2021-01-18 09:29 Share Migratory birds winter at a wetland in Nanchang, Jiangxi province, in November, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
NANCHANG－Poyang Lake in East China s Jiangxi province attracted more than 680,000 wintering birds last year, 11,000 more than the previous year, as environmental protection measures were stepped up along the Yangtze River. The birds are bolder, said Liu Xinxi, an official at the Poyang Lake Wetland Park. They used to only forage in the deep parts of the lake, but now they can be seen in the fields and pools.
In 2016, China prioritized environmental protection and the green development of the Yangtze, the country s longest river, urging nine provinces and two municipalities along the waterway to beef up efforts to improve the surrounding environment.
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2021-01-12 07:35:18 GMT2021-01-12 15:35:18(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
by Xinhua writers Zhang Xuan, Cheng Di and Ma Yujie
NANCHANG, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) Poyang Lake in east China s Jiangxi Province attracted more than 680,000 wintering birds in 2020, 11,000 more than the previous year as environmental protection measures were stepped up along the Yangtze River. The birds are bolder, said Liu Xinxi, an official at the Poyang Lake Wetland Park. Poyang Lake is China s largest freshwater lake. They used to only forage in the deep parts of the lake, but now they can be seen even in the field and pools.
In 2016, China prioritized ecological protection and the green development of the Yangtze, the country s longest river, urging nine provinces and two municipalities along the waterway to beef up efforts to improve the surrounding environment.