Abstract:

Since 2013,remarkable achievements had been made in the development of national parks in China.From the initial developement of national park system to the official establishment of the first batch of national parks and the release of the national park spatial layout plan,the leap from theory to practice had been realized.Our study focused on tracking the national park system pilots in China,sorting out and refining the pilot work at both the national level and pilot area level.By tracing the progresses of the pilot work of China's national park system,sorting out and refining the pilot work at both national and pilot area levels,comprehensively analysing and summarising the main achievements and lessons learnt at different stages of China's national park system pilot,recommendations that can be replicated and applied were put forward.In addition,we took Three-River-Source National Park as an example to trace the pilot study process to provide references for the establishment and management of national parks in China.

Key words: national park, system pilot, natural protected area, Three-River-Source National Park