China and Laos work together on border wildlife

Joint wild elephant protection efforts by China and Laos gave impetus to the launch of cross-border wildlife diversity protection work between the two countries in 2006.

Mengla county in the Xishuangbanna Dai autonomous prefecture, Yunnan province, borders three provinces in Laos. Five herds of wild Asian elephants live in the border region's forests, moving across the border at will.

"Wild elephants have no nationality and they need to be protected under the joint efforts of both countries," said Wang Lifan, director of the Xishuangbanna Natural Reserve's Shangyong section.