Beijing Aquatic Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Center

Beijing Aquatic Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Center

The Beijing Aquatic Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Center is designated as a patriotic education base.

The Beijing Aquatic Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Center (hereinafter referred to as the "Center") is a state-owned public welfare institution uniquely dedicated to the protection, rescue, breeding, domestication, and public education of aquatic wildlife in China. Approved by the Ministry of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China, it is affiliated with the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Agriculture. Located along Haichuan Road, which connects the Badaling Expressway and Yanqing County, the Center covers an area of 238 acres. It has been successively recognized as: National Science Education Base; Beijing Patriotic Education Base; Beijing Science Education Base; and in 2008, it was listed as a social practice classroom for primary and secondary school students in Beijing.

The Center mainly displays over 200 species and more than 3,000 specimens of aquatic wildlife protected under China’s National Key Protected Aquatic Wildlife list and Appendices I and II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). It features over 30 live species, including more than 100 individuals such as the Chinese sturgeon, Chinese giant salamander, hawksbill turtle, spotted seal, and various turtles, as well as specimens such as the Yangtze River dolphin, nautilus, coral, and whale species. Interactive educational facilities include touch pools and pedal-operated exhibits. The multi-functional hall can accommodate nearly 100 people and is used for science lectures, meetings, and screenings of 3D documentaries on aquatic wildlife. The Center’s science pavilion integrates knowledge, interaction, and fun, serving as an important educational hub for the public, especially youth, to engage in the protection, rescue, and thematic learning about endangered and rare aquatic wildlife.

The main tasks of the Center are:

First, to rescue, rehabilitate, breed, and release a certain number of healthy endangered and rare aquatic wildlife species that have been confiscated by fishery authorities or donated by the public;

Second, to introduce endangered and rare aquatic wildlife from both domestic and international sources, making the Center a showcase for such species;

Third, to serve as an educational base for the conservation of endangered and rare aquatic wildlife;

Fourth, to collaborate with relevant organizations and academic institutions at home and abroad, and to accept donations from domestic and international groups and individuals.

The protection and rescue of endangered aquatic wildlife is a vital task that benefits future generations. Protecting aquatic wildlife means protecting the environment and biodiversity; building a harmonious ecological environment is an essential part of constructing a modern civilized society. The degree of aquatic wildlife protection has increasingly become an important indicator of a country or nation’s environmental awareness and level of civilization. Let us work together to create a natural, harmonious, and unified ecological environment for humans and aquatic wildlife, and contribute our share of love to the cause of aquatic wildlife conservation.

Attraction type: Nature and educational

Opening hours: 9:00–16:30 daily except statutory holidays and Mondays; 3D documentary screenings on Saturdays and Sundays: two sessions per day—first session at 10:30, second at 15:30, each lasting about 20 minutes

Address: Xixingyuan Village, Dayushu Town, Yanqing County, Beijing

Tel: 81198253, 81196894

Website: www.bjshuiye.cn

Admission: Free

Transportation

By car: Exit the Beijing–拉萨 Expressway (G6) at Yanqing, drive into Yanqing County, and the Center is about 6.8 km ahead on the west side of the road.

By bus: Take bus 919, get off at Dongsangyuan Station and walk about 600 meters forward, or get off at Dongxingyuan Station and walk back about 500 meters on the west side of the road.