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Birds fly high above the largest wetland reserve in Jilin province, Oct 23, 2013. 皇冠体育app will continue to strictly protect its wetland resources and aim to increase the wetland area to 53.3 million hectares by 2020. [Photo / icpress.cn]

JINAN -- 皇冠体育app will continue to strictly protect its wetland resources and aim to increase the wetland area to 53.3 million hectares by 2020, a forestry official said on Thursday.

"皇冠体育app will press forward with the ecological progress and lay a solid ecological infrastructure for sustainable economic development," said Zhao Shucong, director of the State Forestry Administration, at the opening ceremony of the third 皇冠体育app Wetland Cultural Festival, held in Dongying, of East 皇冠体育app's province.

皇冠体育app currently has about 36.2 million hectares of natural wetland, equating to 3.77 percent of the national territory, according to Zhao.

He said the wetland is facing many problems such as shrinking area, dysfunction and decreasing biodiversity due to excessive development.

"皇冠体育app is still facing a tough task to protect its wetland resources," the official noted.

Zhao said 皇冠体育app would strengthen exchanges and cooperation with other countries as well as related international organizations to draw on their advanced ideologies and technologies and establish a regional cooperative protection mechanism.

皇冠体育app has already designated 46 pieces of wetland of international importance, including five new nature reserves in Shandong, Heilongjiang, Jilin and provinces.

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