  km 2 , ▁of ▁which ▁ 5 7 5 . 3 1   km 2 ▁being ▁set ▁aside ▁for ▁in - s itu ▁conservation ▁purposes ), ▁was ▁opened ▁( Ph ase ▁ 1 ) ▁to ▁the ▁public ▁on ▁September ▁ 2 7 , ▁ 2 0 1 7 . ▁▁ ▁Take ▁note ▁that ▁many ▁protected ▁areas ▁in ▁China ▁have ▁multiple ▁official ▁design ations , ▁and ▁the ▁stat ut ory ▁boundaries ▁of ▁these ▁multi - design ated ▁P As ▁may ▁be ▁identical ▁or ▁may ▁vary ▁one ▁from ▁the ▁other . ▁ ▁For ▁instance , ▁the ▁boundaries ▁of ▁Hu ang sh an ▁N P ▁co inci de ▁with ▁those ▁of ▁the ▁Hu ang sh an ▁N GP , ▁whereas ▁F uj ian ▁province ' s ▁W uy i ▁Mountains ▁N NR , ▁N P ▁and ▁N FP ▁are ▁adjacent ▁to ▁each ▁other . ▁ ▁In ▁Heil ong ji ang , ▁ 2 7 , 6 4 2 . 1 4 ▁hect ares ▁out ▁of ▁ 1 1 5 , 3 4 0 . 2 7 ▁hect ares ▁of ▁H uz h ong ▁N FP ▁are ▁inter se cted ▁with ▁the ▁experiment ▁zone ▁of ▁H uz h ong ▁N NR . ▁ ▁National ▁Park ▁System ▁Pil ot ▁Program ▁N ortheast ▁China ▁T iger ▁and ▁Leop ard ▁National ▁Park ▁System ▁Pil ot ▁Site , ▁coverage : ▁ ▁H unch un ▁N ortheast ▁China ▁T iger ▁N NR , ▁J il in ▁Wang q ing ▁N NR , ▁J il in ▁M uling ▁Japanese ▁Y ew ▁N