Wuhan becomes the world's first wetland city with a population of over 10 million. Screenshot of Phoenix Weekly

The 14th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties kicking off on Saturday in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei Province has attracted wide attention home and abroad. With 165 rivers and 166 lakes, Wuhan has plentiful wetland sources, nurturing 433 species of birds and countless thriving lives. 

Wuhan is one of the most important breeding grounds for critically endangered species. On the flood plain of Fuhe River, Aythya baeri, whose global population is only a little above 1,000, choose to breed there. At Tianxing shoal, black stork, a first-class state-protected animal, flies to Wuhan for winter and waits for spring to be back to the north. 

People there have contributed a lot to protecting the lush greenery and abundant migratory birds in wetlands. 

Wuhan has implemented a series of wetland conservation and ecological restoration projects with more than 30 NGOs and 200,000 volunteers. Humans and nature are reciprocated there. 

Netizens advocated for further protection of precious wetland resources, while others were surprised by the beautiful view there and wanted to learn more knowledge about wetlands.