This Day, That Year

Editor's note: This year marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China.

On June 13, 1994, the China Action Plan for Biodiversity Conservation was released, putting the country at the forefront of global efforts to reverse declines in habitats and species, as seen in the item from China Daily.

The country is home to 35,000 higher plant species, 8,000 vertebrate species and 28,000 kinds of marine organisms. It also has more cultivated plant and domesticated animal species than any other country, according to the Ministry of Ecology and Environment.