On this Day in Chinese History; 18 March

This day, 18 March, in 1983,  the Sichuan Wolong National Nature Reserve, aka the “Home Town of Pandas” was established. A comprehensive nature reserve that mainly protects rare wild animals and plants such as giant pandas and alpine forest ecosystems, the Reserve houses in excess of 10 percent of China’s panda population and is a fully funded institution directly under the State Forestry Administration.