14 January 1989

China's list of state key protected wild animals issued for the first time

China's list of state key protected wild animals was approved by the State Council on December 10, 1988, and was first promulgated and implemented by the former Ministry of Forestry and the Ministry of Agriculture on January 14, 1989.

The promulgation of the list has played an important guiding and reference role in the protection of wild animals in China, further strengthening the protection of key protected wild animals. Anyone who hunts or sells the wild animals listed in the list would be punished.

The list was jointly formulated by the former Ministry of Forestry and the Ministry of Agriculture according to the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Wild Animals and relevant laws and regulations. It is a list of precious and endangered wild animals under state priority conservation.

The protection levels are divided into Level I and Level II, and specific distinctions are made between aquatic and terrestrial animals. The administrative departments of fisheries and forestry were respectively designated to managing the relative species.

The first batch of the list includes 96 species or categories of State Level I key protected wild animals, such as the giant panda, golden snub-nosed monkey, gibbon, baiji dolphin, and Chinese sturgeon.

And Level II key protected wild animals include 160 species or categories, such as the rhesus monkey, black bear, golden cat, elk, Mongolian gazelle, swan, hawksbill sea turtle, and amphioxus.

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