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across 151 natural and semi-natural ecosystems,
according to the city's first-ever biodiversity white paper.
These figures, based on field surveys conducted between 2020 and 2024,
demonstrate that Beijing is one of the world's most biodiverse megacities and highlight the city's significant achievements in biodiversity conservation.
Liu Xianshu, Deputy Director of the Beijing Municipal Ecology and Environment Bureau,
said that the field surveys documented 151 types of natural and semi-natural ecosystems including forests,
shrublands, grasslands, marshes and aquatic vegetation.
Liu added, that the 7,121 recorded species include diverse groups such as algae,
higher plants, vertebrates, insects, as well as macro fungi and benthic macro invertebrates.
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China is set to establish a unified cross-basin ecological compensation mechanism for the main streams of the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers by 2027 as part of its broader efforts to improve water environment management.
According to a plan jointly issued by the Ministry of Finance and four other government departments,
the mechanism will expand to cover the main streams and major tributaries of key river basins,
including the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers, by 2035.
The system will feature diversified compensation measures,
flexible approaches, refined standards and a mature operational framework.
China's central fiscal authorities will play a coordinating and guiding role in implementing this mechanism,