Biodiversity effectively protected as ecological environment improved in China

China is one of the countries with the richest biodiversity in the world. In recent years, all parts of the country have continuously increased the protecting measures of the ecological environment, creating better habitats and breeding grounds for wild animals, allowing them to maintain "wild" in a safe and comfortable environment. Data show that 90% of China’s vegetation types and terrestrial ecosystems, 65% of higher plant communities, and 85% of key protected wild animal populations are effectively protected.

Photo taken on Oct. 27, 2017 shows police officers of the Liudaogou Border Police Station in northeast China's Jilin Province rescuing the red-breasted merganser, a second-class national protected animal. (Liao Jian/Guangming Picture)

Photo taken on Oct. 25, 2021 shows the finless porpoise spotted in the Gezhouba section of the Yangtze River in Yichang City, central China's Hubei Province. With the enhance of protection, the water quality of the Yangtze River has continued to improve, while the number of finless porpoises, which is taken as an ecological indicator organism of the Yangtze River, has continued to rise in recent years. (Wang Geng/Guangming Picture)

Photo taken on July 5, 2021 shows the police rescuing an owl, a second-class national protected animal during patrolling in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The owl is suffering from a back injury. (Huang Yin/Guangming Picture)

Photo taken on July 30, 2021 shows water birds flying over the Huangshui Fish's migration channel of the Shaliu River, Gangcha County, northwest China's Qinghai Province. (Ji Chunhong/Guangming Picture)

Photo taken on Sept. 17, 2021 shows four yellow goats, which are under the country's second class protection, strolling at the food of the East Tianshan Mountains in Hami, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. In recent years, Xinjiang has initiated the ecological protection and restoration of the East Tianshan Mountains to make the ecological environment more suitable for the reproduction of various wild animals. (Wang Zhiqing/Guangming Picture)

Photo taken on Mar. 13, 2021 shows experts and volunteers from the Wildlife Rescue Center inspecting a sick botaurus stellaris in Cangzhou City, north China's Hebei Province. (Fu Xinchun/Guangming Picture)

Photo taken on Oct. 25, 2021 shows thousands of cormorants flying and foraging on the marine ranch in Hushan Town, Rongcheng City, east China's Shandong Province. (Wang Fudong/Guangming Picture)

Photo taken on June 11, 2021 shows the police rescuing a little hedgehog in Luqiao District, Taizhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province. (Jiang Youqin/Guangming Picture)

Photo taken on May 30, 2021 shows the wild golden monkeys frolicing and foraging at the Golden Monkey Science Education Base in Huangyang Township, Pingwu County, Mianyang City, southwest China's Sichuan Province. (Liu Guoxing/Guangming Picture)

Photo taken on May 10, 2021 shows the police rescuing an injured white stork, which is under the country's first-class protection, in Yangzhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province. (Shen Dongbing/Guangming Picture)

Photo taken on Oct. 17, 2021 shows tens of thousands of migratory birds foraging in the Dahuwan Scenic Area, Gaotai Heihe Wetland National Nature Reserve, northwest China's Gansu Province. (Zheng Yaode/Guangming Picture)