Recently, the national forestry and grassland work video conference released information that the construction of the first five national parks in China, including Sanjiangyuan, giant panda, Amur tiger and leopard, Hainan tropical rainforest, Mount Wuyi, has made positive progress, and the population of Tibetan antelope, giant panda, Amur tiger and leopard, Hainan gibbon and other landmark species has steadily increased, and the diversity, stability, sustainability of the ecosystem has steadily improved, intelligent The construction of a digital monitoring and management system is becoming increasingly perfect, and the well-being of people in the park has been effectively improved.

In 2023, the first batch of national park master plans were released and implemented, the legislative work of the National Park Law continued to advance, and the ecosystem functions continued to recover and improve. Since its establishment, Sanjiangyuan National Park has invested nearly 7 billion yuan in implementing a series of ecological restoration projects, achieving overall protection of the headwaters of the Yangtze River, Yellow River, and Lancang River, and restoring the population of Tibetan antelopes to over 70000. The Giant Panda National Park has implemented the construction of key ecological corridors such as Huangtuliang and Niba Mountains between the populations of Jiuzhai Baima, Motianling, Daxiangling, and Qionglai Mountains, promoting habitat connectivity and cross regional exchange of local populations of giant pandas. The Northeast Tiger and Leopard National Park has opened up cross-border channels for tigers and leopards, and the population of Northeast tigers has recovered to over 50. The number of Northeast leopards has exceeded 60, and the survival rate of wild Northeast tiger cubs has increased to over 50%. Field monitoring equipment has captured the activity traces of wild Northeast tigers multiple times. The rainforest habitat of Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park continues to improve, and the population of Hainan Gibbons has recovered to 6 groups of 37 individuals. Mount Wuyi National Park has coordinated the protection and development, and 17 new species, such as the rain god horned toad, have been newly discovered. A number of flagship species, such as the national first-class protected wild animals, the Chinese pangolin and the black muntjac, have reappeared after more than a decade.

The National Park Perception System has been opened to the first batch of national parks, and the smart and digital construction of the first batch of national parks has been accelerated. In the next step, China will continue to accelerate the construction of the natural protection area system with national parks as the main body, promote the approval and establishment of the management organization plan for national parks, promote the introduction of the National Park Law, and steadily and orderly promote the establishment of new national parks.

Editor Ⅰ: Zhang Wenwen

Editor Ⅱ: Wu Dan

Editor Ⅲ: Liu Guosong