Xi leads ecological civilization

President says development to focus on quality and efficiency

As part of China's efforts to improve the environment, the construction of nine national parks with a combined area of nearly 170,000 square kilometers is underway, and the country will this year formulate an overall plan for the national park system.

Some of the parks are devoted to endangered wild species, such as the giant panda in the southwest and northwest, and the Siberian tiger and Amur leopard in the northeast, while others are for the headwaters of the Yangtze, Yellow and Lancang rivers, China's three major waterways.