Name: Ten-year fishing ban sees historic rebound of finless porpoises
Uploaded: 2026-03-16T19:48:11+08:00
Duration: 5 min 49 s
Description: Finless porpoises are one of China's most unique mammals, living in the country's mother river, the Yangtze. Fishing and pollution made them endangered, but China's 10-year fishing ban in the Yangtze, starting in 2021, has helped numbers return to historic

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Finless porpoises are one of China's most unique mammals, living in the country's mother river, the Yangtze. Fishing and pollution made them endangered, but China's 10-year fishing ban in the Yangtze, starting in 2021, has helped numbers return to historic levels. In this episode of "2026–2030: The Journey Ahead," CGTN traveled to Nanjing to track the "smiling angels."

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