March 18, 1983, the fourth day of February (Guihai years), township Panda in Wolong Nature Reserve established.


Wolong Nature Reserve in Wenchuan County, Sichuan Province, territory, including in Wolong, Gengda two Township, is a special administrative region directly under the provincial government. Area 52 kilometers long from east to west, north-south and 62 km wide, with a total area of ​​about 700,000 hectares. Wolong Nature Reserve in Qionglai Mountains foothill, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau to the Sichuan Basin, the mountains and canyons of the transition zone, there are 101 of more than 5000 meters high mountain, the highest peak Siguniangshan 6250 meters above sea level. Trench minimum 1150 meters above sea level, the relative elevation of 5100 meters. Here the ridges and peaks overlap, misty, primeval forests, secondary shrub forest, lush bamboo forests. Various plants in protected areas three, four thousand kinds have Sichuan Sequoia, precious plants Dipteronia; There are more than 50 kinds of a variety of mammals, more than 300 kinds of birds, 29 kinds of rare animals is a national protected.
Wolong animal "living fossil" giant panda to survive and breed ideal areas. Higher ground and moist, very suitable for the giant panda's main food - arrow bamboo and birch orange bamboo growth. (Today in History www.lssdjt.com) Wolong Nature Reserve has been listed as the United Nations International Biosphere Reserve, a giant panda research center and a panda wildlife observatory.