China Wildlife Conservation Association

China Wildlife Conservation Association (CWCA) was founded on December 22, 1983 in Beijing. It is a nonprofit national organization under the framework of China Science Association with the aim of promoting sustainable development of China's wildlife. Its major functions are to carry out educational and scientific activities, to promote academic communication and cooperation in China and abroad, and to conduct relevant international wildlife conservation projects.

As the largest ecological conservation organization in China, CWCA became one of the nongovernmental organizations of International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, IUCN. CWCA is a mass organization, founded by wildlife enthusiasts and workers who concentrate on wildlife conservation, scientific research, wildlife breeding and domestication and natural conservation areas. To date there are 31 provincial and 622 regional branches throughout China with over 200 thousand members.