Feb. 2, 2021 marks the World Wetlands Day, themed “Wetland and Water.” The wetland resource, known as "earth’s kidneys,” is an ecosystem with multiple unique functions on the earth, which plays an important role in maintaining ecological balance and biodiversity.
2月2日是世界湿地日,2021年世界湿地日的主题为“湿地与水”。被誉为“地球之肾”的湿地资源是地球上具有多种独特功能的生态系统,它在维持生态平衡、保持生物多样性等方面起到重要作用。
Below are 20 famous wetlands across China:
以下是中国著名的二十处湿地:
Shuangyashan, Heilongjiang
Hulun Buir, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
Over the years, through unremitting efforts, China's wetland protection area has increased substantially. It has basically formed a national wetland protection system with 41 wetlands of international importance, more than 550 wetland nature reserves, and more than 400 wetland parks. During the 13th Five-Year Plan period (2016-20), more than 200,000 hectares of wetland were added, and the wetland protection rate reached over 50 percent.
多年来,经过不懈努力,中国湿地保护面积大幅增加,基本形成以41处国际重要湿地、550多处湿地自然保护区、400多处湿地公园为主体的全国湿地保护体系。“十三五”期间,新增湿地面积300多万亩,湿地保护率达到50%以上。