China has announced its first group of five national parks to protect some endangered animals.
a | Name: Sanjiangyuan National Park Location: in Qinghai Province Located on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Sanjiangyuan is home to hundreds of wild animals. The Sanjiangyuan area is also called China's water tower. |
b | Name: Wuyi Mountain National Park Location: in Fujian and Jiangxi provinces The park has the most complete, most typical, and largest area of the native forest. It is known as the birds' fun park, the kingdom of snakes and the world of insects. |
c | Name: Giant Panda National Park Location: in Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu provinces The park holds more than 70% of China's wild giant pandas. Besides "the national treasures" of China, the park is also home to some highly protected animals, including the snub-nosed monkeys (金丝猴). |
d | Name: Northeast China Tiger and Leopard National Park Location: in Heilongjiang and Jilin provinces It is the biggest area of wild northeast China tigers and Amur leopards in China. The high-tech monitoring system (监控系统) in the park can provide real-time protection for these wild animals. |
e | Name: Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park Location: in Hainan Province The park covers less than 0.046% of the country's land, yet it is home to almost 20% of the country's amphibians (两栖动物) and 38.6% of China's birds, which are native to the island. |