(english.cnhubei.com) Foreign experts who came to central China’s Hubei Province to attend 3rd Global Botanical Gardens Congress visited Shennongjia to investigate its creature diversity and plant protection.

37 experts from UK, US, France, Italy, Mexico, etc showed great interests in Shennonjia’s ancient and precious plants and splendid geological sight.

As a paradise for plants and animals, Shennongjia forest zone was selected by the United Nations Development Programme as a "Demonstration of Natural Reserves of Bio-diversity" in 1992.