China

Questions:

（1）When did the first four reserves establish?

（2）Which reserve is the most famous?

According to the second giant panda(大熊猫) national survey, there are some 1,100 pandas distributed wildly in 34 counties in Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu provinces. So, it is extremely important to protect the wild population and their habitats. From the first four nature reserves established in 1963, 34 reserves for the giant panda have been established, covering an area of 1.76 million hectares(公顷), or 4.35 million acres(英亩). The wild panda population has been effectively protected, laying a solid foundation for their protection.

Governments at different levels have closely cooperated with international organizations to promote community support projects in the nature reserves. Among all the nature reserves for the giant panda, Wolong is the most famous, being the earliest and largest. Located in Wenchuan County, Sichuan Province, and covering an area of 200,000 hectares (494,200 acres), the Wolong Nature Reserve is a key naturepreservation(保存) ?area designed primarily for the protection and reproduction of giant pandas. Lying on the complicated(复杂的) ?land formations of the transitional area between the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau(高原) ?and the Sichuan Basin(盆地), the highland reserve is endowed(捐助) with favorable environmental conditions for preservation and reproduction of not only the giant panda but also other wild animals. With about 100 wild giant pandas living in it, the reserve is called “the home of the giant panda” or “gene pool” and “natural garden of animals and plants.”.