Giant panda park to be established by year’s end

Large area: The park will span Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu provinces. — China Daily/ANN

Sichuan: The Giant Panda National Park, one of China’s first national parks to be set up chiefly for a single species, will be officially established before the end of the year, Central China Television reported over the weekend.

The park, covering 27,134sq km, will span parts of Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu provinces. With 18,056sq km in the park serving as habitat for giant pandas, it will also be among the first national parks to integrate the habitat of a single species.