China Environmental News reporter Xie Jiali reported on June 26 in Beijing The General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the General Office of the State Council recently issued the 'Guiding Opinions on Establishing a Natural Protected Area System with National Parks as the Main Body' (hereinafter referred to as the 'Opinions'), and issued a notice requesting all departments of various regions to conscientiously implement them in light of the actual situation.
The establishment of a natural reserve system with national parks as the main body is a major measure to implement Xi Jinping's ecological civilization thoughts and a major reform task proposed by the party's 19th National Congress. The 'Opinions' pointed out that it is necessary to build a natural protection land system with Chinese characteristics as the main body, promote the scientific setting of various nature reserves, establish a new system, a new mechanism and a new model for the protection of natural ecosystems, and build a healthy, stable and efficient natural ecology. The system lays a solid foundation for safeguarding national ecological security and achieving sustainable economic and social development, and laying an ecological foundation for building a strong, democratic, democratic, civilized and harmonious socialist modern power.
By 2020, China will propose the overall layout and development plan of national parks and various types of nature reserves, complete the pilot of the national park system, set up a number of national parks, complete the boundary of natural protection sites and link with the ecological protection red line, and formulate nature. A negative list of construction projects within the protected area will be constructed to establish a unified classification and management system for natural protected areas. By 2025, improve the national park system, complete the integration and optimization of natural protection sites, improve the laws, regulations, management and supervision systems of the natural protection land system, enhance the natural ecological space carrying capacity, and initially establish a natural protection land system with national parks as the main body. . By 2035, the management efficiency of natural protection land and the supply capacity of ecological products will be significantly improved. The scale and management of nature protection sites will reach the world's advanced level, and a system of natural protection sites with Chinese characteristics will be fully established. Nature reserves occupy more than 18% of the land area.
Source: China Environmental News