12-21  Basic Situation of Natural Protection  by Region (2003)
               
Region   Nature Reserves        
Number of Area of Percentage Number of Cultivating Number of Number of Approved
Nature Nature of Nature Farms to Farms of  Experimental Units and   the National-level
Reserves Reserves Reserves in Breed Rare or Rare  Region of Ecological Ecological
  (10 000 the Region  Endangered Plants Demonstration  Demonstration
(unit) hectares) (%) Animals (unit) (unit) Zones(unit) Zones (unit)
               
  National Total 1999 14398.1 14.4 641 211 484 82
  Beijing        18 10.9 6.5 7 5 2
  Tianjin        9 15.6 13.7 7 1
  Hebei          24 35.9 1.9 26 1
  Shanxi         39 105.9 6.8 2 24 1
  Inner Mongolia 183 1489.0 12.6 4 2 13 2
  Liaoning       81 287.6 11.3 50 89 20 5
  Jilin          32 217.8 12.1 4 4 10 2
  Heilongjiang   151 382.8 8.4 58 20 23 9
  Shanghai       4 9.4 14.8 1 1
  Jiangsu        25 65.0 6.3 10 2 51 14
  Zhejiang       49 26.3 2.6 2 3 23 6
  Anhui          31 53.1 4.1 6 4 30 6
  Fujian         79 47.9 2.9 7 2 13 3
  Jiangxi        126 76.0 4.6 4 5 27 4
  Shandong       65 81.4 4.9 34 6
  Henan          25 49.5 3.0 16 3 20 3
  Hubei          35 84.5 4.5 8 13 12 3
  Hunan          82 95.4 4.5 2 4 28 2
  Guangdong      209 317.2 4.3 31 5 13 1
  Guangxi        67 148.1 6.1 380 5 11 2
  Hainan         66 272.1 5.1 14 1 1 1
  Chongqing      46 86.6 10.5 2
  Sichuan        120 707.7 14.5 8 11 27 3
  Guizhou        107 80.9 4.6 12 1
  Yunnan         186 355.0 9.0 14 21 17 1
  Tibet          15 4087.3 34.1 2
  Shaanxi        32 67.7 3.3 2 4 17
  Gansu          47 878.6 19.3 12 8 2
  Qinghai        8 2060.8 28.6 2
  Ningxia        12 49.2 9.5 2 3 1
  Xinjiang       26 2152.9 13.5 2 1 7 1