State Protected Wetlands of China

This is a list of the State-Protected Wetlands of China.

Ratification Authority: State Environmental Protection Administration. Total Number of SPW is 33.

Tianjin

• * Beidagang Wetlands

Hebei

• * Baiyangdian Wetlands

Inner Mongolia

• * Hulun Lake Wetlands
• * Chaor River Wetlands
• * Juyanhai Wetlands

Liaoning

• * Liaohe River Delta Wetlands
• * Yalu River Estuarine Wetlands

Jilin

• * Xianghai Wetlands
• * Melmeg Wetlands

Heilongjiang

• * Xiao Xingkai Lake Wetlands
• * Wuyur River（Zhalong）Wetlands
• * Nongjiang River—Wolilan River（R. Honghe）Wetlands

Shandong

• * Yellow River Delta Wetlands
• * Weishan Lake Wetlands

Jiangsu

• * Yancheng Coastal Wetlands

Shanghai

• * Dongtan Wetlands of Chongming Island

Jiangxi

• * Poyang Lake Wetlands

Fujian

• * Shenhu Bay Wetlands
• * Jiulong River Estuarine Wetlands

Hubei

• * Honghu Lake Wetlands

Hunan

• * Dongting Lake Wetlands

Guangxi

• * Mangrove Wetlands in Beihai

Hainan

• * Dongzhaigang Mangrove Wetlands
• * Dongdao Islet Wetlands of Xisha Islands

Sichuan

• * Zoigê Plateau Wetlands

Guizhou

• * Caohai Wetlands in Weining

Yunnan

• * Beihai Wetlands in Tengchong

Tibet

• * Wetlands around Mapamyum Co and La'nga Co Areas

Qinghai

• * Longbaotan Wetlands
• * Wetlands in the Headwaters Area of Yangtze River
• * Wetlands in the Headwaters Area of Yellow River

Xinjiang

• * Bosten Lake Wetlands
• * Bayanbulak Wetlands

Note: Most of the wetlands in the List of State-Protected Wetlands were eventually incorporated into the China List of Wetlands of National Importance in the 2000. The latter, consisting of 173 sites in total, should be seen as merely a title given to an area instead of a protected area designated for management purposes.