Birds protection 

There are about 182 species of birds at Qilihai Wetland, accounting for 78 percent of Tianjin's bird species, including over 10 species under the national first-class protection. The local authorities built birds' protection area on the 5,000-mu (333-hectares) Xinghai Lake. Bird nestles and nestling structures as well as four 50mu's bird islands were constructed in the birds' protection area, and has attracted over 20 species of birds. 

Vegetation cultivation

There are 153 species of wild plants of 41 families in Qilihai, accounting for 93 percent of the total plant species in Binhai area. A botanic garden was built to protect the wild plants, where over 130 native wild plants were fostered. It plans for large area planting in the wetland if succeeded. 

Qilihai will continue the protection and recovery of wetland, with focus on the construction of a project involving the construction of forest belt, ditches, guard rails and ecological project surrounding the sea, as well as the reconstruction and treatment of 30,000-mu reed field, vegetation planting, bird island expansion and other projects for better protection of the wetland.