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National Park Complex Under Construction in Yunnan
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A national park complex named "Greater Shangri-La" is now under construction near the Three Parallel Rivers in Yunnan. The complex includes Potatso National Park, Meili Snow Mountain, Tiger Leaping Gorge, Shangri-La Gorge, Tacheng National Park for the Yunnan Golden Monkey and many other scenic sites.

Awa, director of the Tourism Bureau of Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, explained that the Three Parallel Rivers was a World Natural Heritage site inscribed by UNESCO. In the high mountains, three of China's great rivers -- the Yangtze, Nujiang and Lancangjiang -- run roughly parallel from north to south for 170 km. The Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture accounts for 49.2 percent of the total area. Blessed with rare alpine landscapes, it harbors a rich repository of animal and plant species.

The construction of the "Greater Shangri-la" National Park Complex is now in full swing, said Awa, adding that the Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture was working hard to build the Greater Shangri-La into a world famous national park with all kinds of accommodations, financial packages and entertainment facilities.

Presently, the Potatso National Park is mapping out its second phase of construction. The road construction up into Meili Snow Mountain will begin soon. By the end of this year, several projects start equipping the Tacheng National Park for the Yunnan Golden Monkey with a security system and Damo Cave with an asphalt road.

To include the formerly independent Bitahai Lake and Shuduhu Lake into the complex, a 69-km environmental-friendly asphalt road and a 10-km plank road constructed with advanced Finnish technology have been put into use. All the nearby snow-capped mountains, steep gorges, rippling lakes and vast forests are thus linked into a whole.

"Meili Snow Mountain, Tiger Leaping Gorge, Shangri-La Gorge and Tacheng City all operate using advanced methods.

In addition to five national parks, the complex also includes Dukezong Ancient City, Songtsanling Monastery, Napahai Lake, Thousand Lake Mountain and Blue Moon Valley.

(China.org.cn by Chen Xia, September 16, 2007)

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