According to a recent report by France News Radio, the ecological improvement effect of wetlands can also be felt in urban areas in China, such as in Xuanwu Lake Park in Nanjing.

A large number of cormorants can be seen everywhere in the park.

The park management department introduced lotus flowers, small fish and other creatures into the lake.

Staff member Ms. Rong said that the park has continued to manage and improve the ecosystem in recent years, and the introduction of aquatic plants has greatly improved the water quality of the lake.

China has once again become an indispensable stop for many migratory birds.

　　Italy's Adnkronos news agency commented that the Chinese government has continued to increase the area of ​​wetlands by adopting a number of protection policies, increasing financial investment, and raising the public's awareness of wetland protection.

　　Wetlands, forests and oceans are known as the three major ecosystems on the earth. They play an irreplaceable role in resisting floods, regulating climate, conserving water sources, degrading pollutants, coping with climate change, maintaining the global carbon cycle and protecting biodiversity. It plays an important role and is known as the "Kidney of the Earth", "Treasure House of Species" and "Carbon Storage Bank".

　　At present, China is one of the countries with complete types and abundant wetlands in the world. The wetland area ranks first in Asia and fourth in the world. The Ruoergai Wetland, Poyang Lake National Wetland Park, Hangzhou Xixi National Wetland Park, Shandong Yellow River Delta Wetland, etc. are popular for people. well known.

Data from the National Forestry and Grassland Administration show that China’s existing wetland area is about 56.35 million hectares, and the total number of existing internationally important wetlands is 82, with a total area of ​​7.647 million hectares.

　　In 1992, China signed the Ramsar Convention and became the 67th party to the Convention.

The Ramsar Convention requires all contracting parties to establish a wetland protection system, especially the protection of wetlands of international importance.

When China joined the Ramsar Convention, it designated six wetlands of international importance, including Poyang Lake, Dongting Lake, and Zhalong. When Hong Kong returned to the motherland in 1997, Hong Kong's Mipu - which was listed as an internationally important wetland in 1995 - Deep Bay Wetland has also returned to China.

　　Since joining the Convention, the Chinese government has strictly fulfilled its international obligations, formulated laws and policies for the protection and rational use of wetlands, designated wetlands of international importance and established a systematic protection system. The ecological characteristics of wetlands of international importance have been generally stable, and significant achievements have been made in international cooperation. Effectiveness.

　　China has mainly gone through four stages of development in terms of wetland protection and convention implementation: First, from 1992 to 2003, it was the clarifying and starting stage, marked by the first national wetland resource survey and the release of the "China Wetland Conservation Action Plan"; second, , from 2004 to 2015, the rescue protection stage, marked by the construction of large-scale wetland parks and the implementation of wetland protection projects; third, from 2016 to 2021, the systematic protection stage, with the goal of ecological civilization construction, especially the wetland protection and restoration system The release and implementation of the plan will be marked; fourth, starting from 2022, the comprehensive protection stage will be marked by the promulgation and implementation of the "Wetland Protection Law of the People's Republic of China".

After more than 30 years of exploration, China has successively established a hierarchical protection and management system for wetland ecosystems, including nationally important wetlands (including internationally important wetlands), locally important wetlands, and a protected area system of "national parks-nature reserves-wetland parks" .

　　Since 1992, China has actively carried out international cooperation in the field of wetland protection, absorbed global wisdom and contributed Chinese solutions.

This is mainly reflected in the following aspects: First, with the goal of protecting migratory waterbirds and their habitats, bilateral and multilateral long-term cooperation mechanisms have been established; second, with the goal of sharing the health of wetland ecosystems, bilateral or multilateral ecosystems have been established Cooperation mechanism; the third is to establish a bilateral and multilateral wetland protection financing mechanism to improve protection and management capabilities; the fourth is to establish a China office of international environmental protection agencies to conduct in-depth discussions on new models of wetland protection, such as the World Wildlife Fund, the main international organization partner of the Ramsar Convention. Wetlands International and the World Conservation Union have all set up offices in China; the fifth is to establish a South-South cooperation mechanism, conduct foreign aid training, and share China’s wetland protection and management experience; the sixth is to hold large-scale international conferences to provide a communication platform for wetland protection and management.

　　In 2022, China made its voice heard at major international conferences such as the 14th Conference of the Parties to the Ramsar Convention, which attracted widespread attention.

From incorporating approximately 11 million hectares of wetlands into the national park system, implementing the national wetland protection plan and major wetland protection projects, to promoting international exchanges and cooperation, and protecting four migratory bird migration corridors passing through China; from establishing the "International Mangrove Center" in Shenzhen , to supporting the holding of the Global Coastal Forum Conference...China has contributed many three-dimensional and vivid cases to the world through continuous exploration and practice, summed up many replicable and popularizable wetland protection experiences, and fully demonstrated the image of a responsible ecological power.

　　After the 14th Conference of the Parties to the Ramsar Convention, China was elected as the chairman of the Standing Committee of the Ramsar Convention.

From 2022 to 2025, China will lead the work of the Secretariat, Science and Technology Committee, Strategy Committee, Management Committee, Publicity and Public Participation Committee, and Budget Committee before the next Conference of the Parties, and actively promote the cooperation between the Ramsar Convention and the global multilateral and contribute to the synergy of environmental conventions and the 2023 global sustainable development agenda.

　　(Compiled by our reporter Jia Pingfan)

　　Jia Pingfan

Jia Pingfan