China has set up 2,200 nature reserves covering 140 million hectares or 14.8 percent of its territorial coverage, Zhao Xuemin, deputy director of the State Forestry Administration, said in Urumqi on Monday.

Speaking at a meeting attended by 12 members of the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), Zhao said that China has signed nearly all global environmental pacts, and embarked on national strategic programs to fulfill the commitments.

Law enforcement officials from the 12 CITES member countries discussed at the meeting in Urumqi on Monday the intensification of a coordinated response to cross-border smuggling of high-nose antelopes, Tibetan antelopes, big catamounts and hunting hawks.

CITES Senior Enforcement Officer John Seller said that the increasingly cross-border smuggling of endangered wild species demands greater efforts of law enforcement from CITES members.

He affirmed China's cross-sectoral moves targeting anti-poaching activities, and recognized China has made efforts in wildlife protection after it joined the CITES in 1981.

Source: Xinhua