China is one of the mega-biodiversity countries and it has rich genetic resources and colorful traditional knowledge.China is a contracting Party to the Convention on Biological Diversity CBD) since 1993 and is also preparing to ratify the Nagoya Protocol (NP) on access and benefit-sharing (ABS) for genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge.During the past 20 years China has greatly achieved in implementation of CBD on national policy, legislation and actions to realize the three objectives of CBD, especially in biodiversity conservation and sustainable use.