This Day, That Year
China Daily | Updated: 2018-03-01 07:39
Editor's Note: This year marks the 40th anniversary of China's reform and opening-up policy.
On March 1, 1989, the country's first Wildlife Protection Law took effect. To better protect wild animals, a revised law came into force in 2017.
In 2016, China was home to 86,575 species of wildlife, a rise from 73,255 in 2015, according to the Catalog of Life in China, the latest annual checklist.
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