The ecological environment in the Sanjiangyuan National Park in northwest China's Qinghai Province (continue) to improve since the establishment of the national park in 2021, with water conservation capacity increasing by more than 6 percent annually, according to a newly(release) report on the park's development.
The park delivers over 60 billion cubic meters of high-quality freshwater downstream every year, the grassland coverage and grass yield in the park have increased by over 11 percent and 30 percent (respective), according to the report.
(locate) on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the Sanjiangyuan region serves as the headwaters for the Yangtze, Yellow and Lancang rivers, and is known as the "Water Tower of Asia". In 2021, the Sanjiangyuan National Park, along with other four parks, (list) as China's first batch of national parks. The park has a total area of 190,700 square km, with an average altitude (海拔) of 4,700 meters.
According to Losang Tsering, is an engineer of the Sanjiangyuan National Park Administration, the park has prioritized ecological restoration over the years, (focus) on ecosystems such as glaciers and snow-capped mountains, high-altitude grasslands and meadows.
The Sanjiangyuan region is a typical(represent) of the alpine (高山的) ecosystem and servesan alpine biological germplasm bank, making it a crucial ecological security barrier in China.
