This year marks the 20th anniversary of the creation of the National Wetland Park. The National Forestry and Grassland Administration recently announced that over the past 20 years, my country has promoted the construction of national wetland parks with high quality, and established a total of 903 national wetland parks, effectively protecting 2.4 million hectares of wetlands across the country, providing sufficient space for the habitat and reproduction of national key wild animals and plants.

In recent years, my country has continued to increase its efforts in wetland protection and accelerated the construction of a wetland remote sensing monitoring system and patrol management system. With a wetland area accounting for 4% of the country, it has rescued a large number of high-ecological value wetland resources. At the same time, the development of tourism, cultural experience, nature education and other industries in wetland parks is continuously optimized. At present, about 90% of national wetland parks are open for free, with significant ecological, social and economic benefits.

Dong Ye, Deputy Director of the Wetland Management Department of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration: Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, my country has implemented more than 3,700 wetland protection and restoration projects. As of now, the national wetland area has stabilized at more than 56.35 million hectares. A total of 82 internationally important wetlands were designated and 58 nationally important wetlands have been identified. A wetland hierarchical management system has been initially built, and a series of wetland protection and development experiences that are in line with China's national conditions have been explored and accumulated.

At the same time, a special action plan for mangrove protection and restoration has been implemented, and more than 8,800 hectares of mangroves have been built in the past five years and 8,200 hectares of mangroves have been restored. We have promoted the special action plan for the prevention and control of mutual flower rice and grass, and used 73,300 hectares of mutual flower rice and grass except for the invasive species in wetlands, curbing the unlimited spread of mutual flower rice and grass, and making contributions to the global wetland protection cause.

Yan Zhen, Deputy Director of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration: Accelerate the construction of a new protected area system, formulate a natural reserve integration and optimization plan, strengthen the construction of national wetland parks, and continuously improve protection results. Strengthen international cooperation and scientific and technological support, and actively participate in global ecological governance.

(CCTV reporter Wang Kaibo Chen Yewei)