Fanjingshan Biosphere Reserve (Credit: ZHOU Haixiang)
It is located in Guizhou Province, favoring highly diverse types of vegetation and relief. It is an island of metamorphic rock in a sea of karst, home to many plant and animal species that originated in the Tertiary period, between 65 million and 2 million years ago. Fanjingshan has the largest and most contiguous primeval beech forest in the subtropical region. (UNESCO)
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