In May of 1970,the State Council of China distributed 24 communes,two medicinal fields,and one farm,which were once under the administration of Fangxian County,Xingshan County and Badong County respectively to Shennongjia,thus the first “Forestry District”was founded in Shennongjia.Shennongjia Forestry District became the only provincial-level administrative region in China.

In July of 1986,the State Council approved the Shennongjia Nature Reserve as a national-level forest and wildlife nature reserve for protecting animals and plant resources.On December 17,1990,Shennongjia joined the UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserve.

In 1992,Shennongjia was listed by the World Bank Global Environment Facility as a permanent demonstration of global biodiversity conservation.

In 1992,the Ministry of Forestry of China approved the establishment of Shennongjia National Forest Park.The total area of the park is 245,500 hectares,with 7 scenic areas and 49 attractions.

In 2005,Shennongjia was approved by the Ministry of Land and Resources of China as a“National Geopark.”The planned area of the park is about 1,700 square kilometers.The core area of 400 square kilometers is located in the Guanmenshan Scenic Area,which preserves the most complete Quaternary glacier geologicalresources in the world.

In 2008,Dajiu Lake was honored with the title of National Wetland Park.Dajiu Lake covers an area of 3,978 hectares;Xiaojiu Lake covers an area of 1105.5 hectares.It is China’s first subalpine wetland park and fourth national wetland park.

On January 9,2012,the China National Tourism Administration gave Shennongjia a high score of 965 points,and Shennongjia was renowned as a national5A level scenic spot.

On September 9,2013,Shennongjia was certified as a World Geopark and became a comprehensive geological museum of eco-physiognomy for global scientific research and development.

In December of 2013,Shennongjia officially proceeded with the application for the World Natural Heritage Creation Award.In May of 2016,the World Heritage Center completed the assessment；on July 17,it was listed as a World Heritage Site.

On June 15,2016,Shennongjia also officially obtained a pilot reform of the nationalpark system and became one of the nine pilot nationalparks in China.

On June 22,2018,at the 2018 World Slow City Alliance Annual Meeting held in Mirande,France,Songbai(a town in Shennongjia Forestry District,Hubei Province)won the title of“International Slow City.”It was the ninth city with the honor of“International Slow City”in China and the first in Hubei Province.So Shennongjia won another world-class business card.

On August 6,2018,the World Federation ofChinese Medicine Societies approved the founding of the Forest Health Research Committee and setup its secretariatin Shennongjia.

On September 26, 2018,Shennongjia Forestry District won the title of“Chinese Natural Oxygen Bar.”

鏈接：神農(nóng)架的“世界之路”

1970年5月，中國國務院批準將房縣、興山、巴東的24個公社和2個藥材場、1個農(nóng)場劃為神農(nóng)架林區(qū)，神農(nóng)架成為我國唯一以“林區(qū)”命名的省轄行政區(qū)。

1986年7月，中國國務院批準神農(nóng)架自然保護區(qū)為國家級森林和野生動物類型自然保護區(qū)，保護動植物資源。

1990年12月17日，神農(nóng)架加入聯(lián)合國教科文組織（UNESCO）世界生物圈保護區(qū)網(wǎng)。

濕地晨牧(肖華林攝)Morning pasture on the wetlands(Photo by Xiao Hualin)

月亮灣 (岳文福攝)The Moon Pond（Photo by Yue Wenfu）

1992年，神農(nóng)架被世界銀行全球環(huán)境基金組織列入全球生物多樣性保護永久性示范地。

1992年，原中國國家林業(yè)部批復建立神農(nóng)架國家森林公園，公園總面積24.55萬公頃，設7個景區(qū)，49個景點。

2005年，神農(nóng)架被中國國土資源部批準為“國家地質(zhì)公園”。公園規(guī)劃面積約1700平方公里，核心區(qū)400平方公里位于神農(nóng)架神農(nóng)頂、官門山風景區(qū)，保存著世界上最完整的第四紀冰川遺跡地質(zhì)資源。

2008年，大九湖被評為國家濕地公園。大九湖國土面積3978公頃；小九湖國土面積1105.5公頃，是中國第一個亞高山濕地公園，第四個中國國家濕地公園。

2012年1月9日，中國國家旅游局和評選專家組給神農(nóng)架打了965分的高分，通過神農(nóng)架為國家5A級景區(qū)。

人間仙境大九湖(李紀堂攝)Dajiu Lake,fit for a fairytale(Photo by LiJitang)

2013年9月9日，神農(nóng)架被認證為世界地質(zhì)公園，成為具有世界性保護、科研和發(fā)展價值的生態(tài)地貌綜合型天然地質(zhì)博物館。

2013年12月，神農(nóng)架正式啟動世界自然遺產(chǎn)申創(chuàng)工作。2016年5月，世界遺產(chǎn)中心完成評估報告；7月17日，申遺成功。

2016年6月15日，神農(nóng)架還正式獲取國家公園體制試點改革，成為我國首批9個試點國家公園之一。

神農(nóng)谷風光 (吳廷安攝)The Shennong Valley(Photot by Wu Ting’an)

2018年6月22日，在法國米朗德舉行的2018年世界慢城聯(lián)盟年會上，神農(nóng)架林區(qū)松柏鎮(zhèn)獲得“國際慢城”稱號，這是中國第 9個、湖北首個國際慢城，神農(nóng)架獲得又一張世界級名片。

2018年8月6日，世界中醫(yī)藥學會聯(lián)合會，批準成立森林康養(yǎng)研究專業(yè)委員會，秘書處設在神農(nóng)架。

2018年9月26日，神農(nóng)架林區(qū)榮獲“中國天然氧吧”稱號。