Since its founding, the People's Republic of China has made significant advances in wildlife conservation. The growing population of golden snub-nosed monkeys exemplifies these efforts, playing a key role in building an ecological civilization. Let's follow our reporter Liu Huazhen to the Shennongjia National Nature Reserve and discover this hard-won ecological miracle.
Some snub-nosed monkeys volunteered for a close-up show with a CGTN reporter at Shennongjia National Nature Reserve in central China's Hubei Province. The region is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, home to rare creatures and vibrant ecosystems. It's not just a place of beauty but a battleground for conservationists fighting to protect nature's fragile balance.
Doctor Zaman came to study in China from Pakistan. He's been doing research in the forest of Shennongjia National Nature Reserve for about nine months.
In the summer, venturing into Shennongjia, the highest land in Central China, you will find a group of “mountain spirits” adorned in golden fur “freely dancing and jumping” among the mountains. They were originally part of the entire golden snub-nosed monkey population in Qinling and Daba Mountains. However, due to geological shifts and human activities, the migration routes between Shennongjia, Daba, and Qinling Mountains were blocked and severed. As a result, this group of Shennongjia golden snub-nosed monkeys has been left isolated in the pristine forests, where they have thrived and multiplied to this day.