Momoge National Nature Reserve

Located in the National AAAA-level Momoge scenic area in Zhenlai County, Baicheng City, at the intersection of Jilin, Heilongjiang and Inner Mongolia, Momoge National Nature Reserve has a total area is 144,000 hectares. The reserve was founded in 1981, and was included among the first batch of wetlands in 1994 by the then State Environmental Protection Administration of China; approved as a National Nature Reserve in 1997; in 2002, it was placed directly under the control of Jilin Forestry Department; certified as a national AAAA-level scenic area in 2005. [Photo courtesy of Jilin Provincial Tourism Development Commission]