List of national parks of China


The People's Republic of China has 5 national parks, which are announced by the President of China and administered by the National Forestry and Grassland Administration. The first designation list of national parks was released on October 12, 2021.

List of National Parks

The list is arranged in the order of official documents of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration.
NameImageLocationOfficial designationArea Description
Sanjiangyuan National Park
QinghaiOctober 12, 2021190,100To protect source waters of three great rivers: Yangtze River, Lancang River and Yellow River.
Giant Panda National Park
Sichuan, Shaanxi, and GansuOctober 12, 202122,000To protect natural environmental corridors connecting different habitats of pandas.
Northeast China Tiger and Leopard National Park
Jilin and HeilongjiangOctober 12, 202114,000To recover communities and populations of wild tigers and leopards in northeastern China.
Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park
HainanOctober 12, 20214,260To protect the tropical rainforest in Hainan.
Wuyi Mountains National Park
FujianOctober 12, 20211,280.59To protect the biodiversity of the Wuyi Mountains.

List of trial sites

The trial sites are administered by the provincial governments with the approval of the central government. The trial sites are not part of the national park system of China, nor operated by the National Forestry and Grassland Administration.
NameImageLocationTrial dateArea Description
Hubei Shennongjia National Park
Hubei1,170To protect local ecological systems of sub-tropical forests and sphagnum palustre swamplands.
Zhejiang Qianjiangyuan National Park
Zhejiang252To protect endangered species near the source of Qiantang River.
Hunan Nanshan National Park
Hunan635.94To protect birds and other ecological landscapes.
Yunnan Potatson National Park
Yunnan602.1To protect local wetlands and grasslands.
Beijing Great Wall National Park
Beijing59.91To protect historical sites at Badaling Great Wall and Ming Tombs.
Qilian Mountains National Park
Gansu and Qinghai50,000To protect endangered species in the Qilian Mountains.