Xi: China to commit 1.5b yuan to biodiversity

- China will vigorously develop renewable energy

- China is moving faster to establish a protected areas system, with national parks as the mainstay

- With protected land area of 230,000 square kilometers, China's first batch of national parks is home to nearly 30 percent of key terrestrial wildlife species in the country

- China has started building a system of national botanical gardens in places like Beijing and Guangzhou