Protected areas of China

This article lists the nationally protected areas of China. There are many forms of protected areas in China. Based on their relative importance, each type of protected area can be further graded into two to three levels (national, provincial and prefectural/county level). Nevertheless, the highest rank for "pocket nature reserve" (social and mass-based), "no-hunting area", "no-fishing area", "no-logging area", "wild medicinal material resources conservation area", "crop germplasm resources conservation area", "forest tree germplasm resources conservation area" or "source water protection area" is practically restricted to provincial level. The local government at county level is also responsible for the delimitation and declaration of "basic farmland protection area" and "basic grassland". Qinling National Botanical Garden, said to be the world's largest (458 km²), is still under construction.

Take note that many protected areas in China have multiple official designations, and the statutory boundaries of these multi-designated PAs may be identical or varied.

For instance, the boundaries of Huangshan NP are coincided with those of the Huangshan NGP, whereas the Wuyi Mountains' NNR, NP and NFP in Fujian are adjacent to each other, and 27,642.14 hectares out of 115,340.27 hectares of Heilongjiang's Huzhong NFP are intersected with the experiment zone of Huzhong NNR.

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National Nature Reserves of China

National Parks of China

"National Park" (at ministry level)

National Typical Earthquake Sites of China

†: The official name is yet to be verified.

National Geoparks of China

National Mining Parks of China

State Key Protected Wetlands of China

Note: Most of the wetlands in the List of state key protected wetlands were eventually incorporated into the “China List of Wetlands of National Importance” in 2000. The latter, consisting of 173 sites in total, should be seen as merely a title given to an area instead of a protected area designated for management purposes.

National Forest Parks of China

National Thematic Gardens of China

State Key Parks of China

National Urban Wetland Parks of China

National Wetland Parks of China

National Water Parks of China

National Soil Erosion Prevention and Control Areas of China

National Non-Commercial Forests of China

State Key Ecologically Functional Areas of China

National Special Marine Protected Areas (National Marine Parks) of China

†: According to the data provided by the SOA, “Liugongdao Ocean Ecosystem National Special Marine Protected Area” and “Liugongdao National Marine Park” of Weihai are listed separately.

National Aquatic Germplasm Resources Conservation Areas of China

National Domestic Animal Genetic Resources Conservation Areas of China

See also