Wanglang National Nature Reserve （王朗國(guó)家級(jí)自然保護(hù)區(qū)）

Established in 1965, Wanglang National Nature Reserve is one of the four earliest-built nature reserves for the protection of giant pandas, other rare wild animals and their habitat. Situated in Pingwu County, north of Mianyang city, it covers an area of 32,297 hectares.

The virgin forest in Wanglang is one of the best-preserved northwest Sichuan, an important area for the living of pandas which have connections with the panda species in Minshan Mountain.

Based on the statistics of the third national giant panda survey published in 2003, there were 27 pandas living in the reserve, all of them wild. The number now may have further increased. The panda's habitat inside the reserve covers an area of 19,701 hectares, accounting for 61 percent of the total area.