近日，广东省人民政府办公厅日前下发通知指出，广东省人民政府已将“粤北生态特别保护区建设工作领导小组”调整为“广东国家公园建设工作领导小组”，主要职责是统筹推进广东南岭国家公园、珠江口国家公园等广东国家公园建设和自然保护地体系建设，加强组织领导，这标志着广东省国家公园建设全面铺开。

China's Guangdong Province will build two national parks, namely the national parks of Nanling and Pearl River Estuary, according to the Forestry Administration of Guangdong.The provincial government has established a leading group to coordinate the construction of the two parks.

According to the group, Nanling national park will cover nine county-level regions and 30 villages and townships in the cities of Shaoguan and Qingyuan, with a total area of about 2,121 square km. The park will encompass 18 natural reserves and state-owned forest farms.

The planning of Pearl River Estuary national park has not been revealed.

Guangdong has established 1,359 natural reserves that are above the county-level, the most among provincial-level regions in China.