Qinhuangdao Wildlife Park is located at 39.52degrees north longitude, 119.32 degrees east longitude, within Beidaihe scenic area, a world-famous tourist resort.There is the great Bohai bay in the east,and the Pigeon’s Nest Park to the south, with Jingshan Railway in the west and the Asian Games Village to its north. It is in the place which connects the southern and northern tourism line.
Built in 1995, Qinhuangdao Wildlife Park is the second largest wildlife park in China after the Shenzhen Wildlife Park. It is affiliated to the Qinhuangdao Forestry Bureau. It is located within Beidaihe scenic area as part of the Coastal National Forest Park, which is famous for its green trees, blue sea and golden beach. Qinhuangdao Wildlife Park, covering an area of 5,000 acres, which is by far the largest in China, has the highest forest coverage and most charming natural environment. It is a large comprehensive wildlife theme park integrating animal viewing, entertainment and recreation, science popularization , animal research and animal protection.
More than 7,000 and at least 150 kinds of animals are living in the park. They are from all over the world. Many of them are world-class rare species and our country’s first or second class protected animals. The park is divided into eight animal exhibition zones, including Cage Zone, Beast Zone, African Animal Zone, Herbivorous Animal Zone, Wading Bird Park, Pheasant Park, Peacock Park, and Swimming- bird Lake.
The wildlife park has been awarded titles as "the Top Ten Tourist Attractions in Hebei Province", "the Provincial Demonstration Spot of Civilized Scenic Area", "the Standard Unit of Comprehensive Management of Tourist Attractions in Hebei Province", "Provincial Popular Science Education Base ",and "the Demonstration Spot of Civilized Tourist Attractions" .In 2002 it won the honor as the First Batch of National AAAA Level Scenic Spot.Many party and state leaders, such as Hu Jintao, Wu Bangguo, Wen Jiabao, Jia Qinglin, Li Peng and Zhu Rongji, have visited the park many times and gave full recognition and high comments.
