The report, called Checklist of New and Newly Recorded Species in Yunnan (1992-2020), was released by the Department of Ecology and Environment of Yunnan Province and the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Kunming, the provincial capital, is scheduled to hold the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity on Monday.

A scientific research team has recently discovered that the number of Pedicularis humilis in the Gaoligong Mountain National Nature Reserve (GNNR), southwest China's Yunnan province jumped from more than 300 in 2015 to over 1,000.

Jose Ahimsa Campos Arceiz, a Spanish professor at the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, spoke highly of the Chinese government's efforts in handling the elephants.

In an interview with People's Daily, Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz, a researcher with the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, not only commended the performance of governments in escorting the herd while ensuring people's safety, but also the country's achievement in protecting the endangered species.