Truly wet and wild

Updated: 2015-12-23 07:48

By Xu Lin(China Daily)

Wild Duck Lake National Wetland Park in suburban Beijing's Yanqing district is an essential stopover for migrating birds on the East Asia-Australasian Flyway. [Photo provided to China Daily]

The deputy director of the park's administration office, Liu Xuemei, attributes this to the area's good ecological environment. The wetland's protection and restoration over the past decade has expanded birds' habitats.

The Guishui River has been diverted to supplement the marshlands. They, in turn, help purify the water on its way to the Guanting Reservoir.

Surrounding farmland has been reclaimed and hosts such water plants as reeds and bulrushes.

"It's important to raise public awareness of wetland protection and the fact that good ecology benefits humans," Liu says.

That's why management built the Wild Duck Lake Wetland Museum in 2007.