The National Forestry and Grassland Administration, concurrently known as the National Park Administration, is China's national bureau responsible for the supervision and management of forests, grasslands, wetlands, deserts, and terrestrial wildlife. It is managed by the Ministry of Natural Resources.
History The agency was originally founded in 1949 as the Ministry of Forestry and Farming. On November 5, 1951, it changed to the Ministry of Forestry, and the farming section was transferred to the Ministry of Agriculture. On March 10, 1998, it was renamed the National Forestry Administration. On 10 April 2018, the name was changed to the National Forestry and Grassland Administration as part of the deepening the reform of the Party and state institutions.
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Ministry of Forestry and Farming NameChinese nameTook officeLeft officeLiang XiOctober 1949November 1951
Ministry of Forestry NameChinese nameTook officeLeft officeLiang XiNovember 1951December 1958Liu Wenhui28 April 1959Early Cultural RevolutionWang Yun6 October 1967?Luo Yuchuan16 February 197930 August 1980Yong Wentao30 August 1980April 1982Yang Zhong9 April 198223 June 1987Gao Dezhan23 June 1987March 1993Xu Youfang29 March 1993August 1997Chen Yaobang29 August 1997March 1998
National Forestry Administration NameChinese nameTook officeLeft officeWang Zhibao5 April 19982 December 2000Zhou Shengxian2 December 20001 December 2005Jia Zhibang1 December 200525 March 2012Zhao Shucong25 March 201213 June 2015Zhang Jianlong13 June 2015April 2018
National Forestry and Grassland Administration NameChinese nameTook officeLeft officeZhang JianlongApril 2018March 2020Guan Zhiou8 June 2020Incumbent
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