Article 9 of the Law on the Protection of Wild Animals: Wild animals under special state protection are divided into two types: national first-class protected animals and national second-class protected animals. Other provisions stipulate different management measures, but their legal status is the same. The List of National Key Protected Wild Animals was approved by the State Council on 1988 12 10, and was promulgated and implemented by the Ministry of Forestry and the Ministry of Agriculture on 1989 14.
The state gives priority to the protection of rare and endangered wild animals. National key protected wild animals are divided into first-class protected wild animals and second-class protected wild animals; The list of national key protected wild animals and its adjustment shall be formulated by the administrative department of wildlife in the State Council and submitted to the State Council for approval and promulgation.
Brief introduction of national first-class protected animals
Animals protected at the national level are classified according to the Wildlife Protection Law. Article 9 of the Law on the Protection of Wild Animals divides the wildlife under special state protection into two types: national first-class protected animals and national second-class protected animals, and makes relevant provisions on their protection measures, but their legal status is the same.
From 65438 to 0989, the State Council approved and published the list of national key protected wild animals, including 97 species of national first-class protected animals such as giant panda, golden monkey, gibbon, snow leopard, Siberian tiger, sika deer and Asian elephant.
In June 2020, in order to further strengthen the protection of pangolin, all pangolin species in China were upgraded from national second-class protected wild animals to first-class ones.
In February, 20021year, the adjusted list of national key protected wild animals was officially announced. Sixty-five kinds of wild animals, such as jackals and Yangtze finless porpoises, have been upgraded from national second-class protected wild animals to national first-class.