Protected plant list updated

She hopes that after the release of the new list, there will be close follow-up of the revision, and regulations should be enacted to encourage provinces to issue corresponding laws that tailor to the local situations specifically.

Gu believes that the protection of endangered plants needs the public to truly reach a consensus that "wild plants are public resources and therefore must not be violated", and stop hurting wild plants in order to reduce the chance of harming endangered plants. "After all, it is impossible for the public to distinguish which are endangered species, and it is also difficult to make it clear in a short time," Gu says.

Zhou Jinfeng, secretary-general of China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation, suggests that the list of protected wild plants be updated regularly every five years.