In a time of global warming and the near-extinction of many animal and plant species, there is little good news in the ecological field. But from time to time, some miracles happen, such as the miracle of giant pandas in China.

They are unique animals, one of the country's symbols and natural treasures. This "living fossil", which dates back at least millions of years, is a member of the Ursidae family.

Around 1980, giant pandas were already on the verge of extinction. By around 1988, their wild population had declined from 2,459 in the 1970s to 1,114, but their numbers have increased significantly in recent years.

According to the 2004 announcement According to the results of the third national giant panda survey, there were 1,596 wild giant pandas in China at that time. The results of the fourth national giant panda survey released in 2015 showed that the number of giant pandas in the wild in China has reached 1,864. Counting those in captivity, the number of giant pandas increased from 135 in 2007 to 673 in October this year. Both increases are due to greater protection of giant pandas' natural habitats and improvements in captive breeding techniques for giant pandas.

Due to population growth, the World Conservation Union removed the giant panda from the endangered species list in 2016. But the Chinese government did not do so until July this year, declaring that the giant panda's threat level was downgraded from endangered to vulnerable. In order to prevent their numbers from declining, the Chinese government announced the official establishment of the Giant Panda National Park during the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity held in Kunming earlier in October.

China has now established 67 giant panda nature reserves. The pilot work of the giant panda national park system was fully launched a few years ago. The pilot area covers Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Gansu provinces. The Sichuan area covers an area of ​​more than 20,000 square kilometers and has more than 1,200 wild giant pandas.

To protect the species, the national park is equipped with an advanced surveillance system installed by Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei. Relevant departments in Sichuan, together with Huawei and other partners, have developed a monitoring and reporting system that can monitor, summarize, and verify forest and grassland fires in real time, relying on the Huawei cloud platform. The coverage area includes the forest ecosystem in the Sichuan area of ​​the Giant Panda National Park. The system has been connected to 569 cameras in Sichuan Province, and more than 140,000 forest rangers are using it online. Coupled with the support of a large number of sensors, drones and satellites, the system can monitor giant panda activities in high-altitude and remote mountainous areas.