The wildland in China covers about 220 million hectares, and the wildland coverage was 22.96 per cent by 2021. Most of China's wildlands are located in the Northeast (the Greater Khingan Mountains forest region), North (Inner Mongolia region), and Southwest (Sichuan and Yunnan). After the shocking 1987 Black Dragon fire in Northeast China (193 deaths), the State Forestry Administration issued the first version of Technical Regulations for Fire in Forest Management in Northeast and Inner Mongolia Forest Areas to help control and manage wildfires, including prescribed burning. This regulation was updated in 2010 and again in 2020, and also guides prescribed burning in other regions.
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