Rare cat species raise ecological awareness

Rare beauties: A snow leopard and a felis bieti wildcat (below) captured by camera traps in Sanjiangyuan (Three-River-Source) National Park in the Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of northwest China’s Qinghai province. — Xinhua

XINING: Photos of two cute big cats from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau shown during the annual session of the 13th National People’s Congress (NPC) attracted many fans.

During a deliberation at the session on March 7, Kong Qingju, an NPC deputy from Qinghai province, showed photos of the two cats – a snow leopard and a Chinese desert cat – to President Xi Jinping.