BEIJING, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- A research center for national park planning has been established in an effort to facilitate the protection of China's nature reserves, according to the National Forestry and Grassland Administration.
The research center is located in Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province, and will be run by the Kunming Prospecting and Designing Institute of the administration.
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