Source: Jilin Daily

On October 12, the Northeast China Tiger and Leopard National Park was announced as one of China's first national parks at the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity held in Kunming, Yunnan province.

With a planned area of 14,065 square kilometers and a forest coverage rate of 97.74 percent, the Northeast China Tiger and Leopard National Park in Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces is the historical home to Siberian tigers and Amur leopards in China, as well as the only area with permanent wild populations and breeding families. The park went into trial operation in 2017. According to the latest data, the number of wild Siberian tigers in the park increased from 27 to 50 during the trial period, while that of Amur leopards has increased from 42 to 60, with more than 10 tiger cubs and 7 leopard cubs monitored.  

The Northeast China Tiger and Leopard National Park is the only national park in China close to foreign countries. Over the past four years, the park administration has carried out all-round cooperation with the Land of the Leopard National Park Administration in Russia in the research of cross-border activities of Siberian tigers and Amur leopards, joint monitoring between China and Russia, data sharing of scientific research, sharing of technical experience and exchange of visits by non-governmental delegations to promote the development of cross-border protected land.

As the first national park directly managed by the central government, the Northeast China Tiger and Leopard National Park will become a business card of China's ecological civilization development, a window to show the image of a responsible major country for international wildlife protection and a model of international cooperation in wild animal protection.