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China will establish the world s largest national park system with more national parks to be built, Chinese authorities said on Wednesday, which marked the first anniversary of the establishment of the initial batch of national parks in the country, during which period the number of wild animals in the territories have greatly increased.
Substantive progress has been achieved in ecological protection of the five national parks since they were officially established on October 12, 2021, said the national park authorities.
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China owned 474 national nature reserves at the end of 2019, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources.
The reserves cover a total area of around 1 million square kilometers, accounting for about 10.4% of the country s land territory.
During the 13th Five-Year Plan period (2016-2020), the country established 46 new national nature reserves amid efforts to better protect water sources, soil, and biodiversity.
China also added more than 700 natural protected areas during the period, putting the total number at around 11,800.
The country designated Dinghu Mountain, which lies in southern Guangdong Province, as its first nature reserve in 1956 to protect forests.
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