From September 19th - 21st, I accompanied three senior officials from China's National Forest and Grasslands Administration (NFGA, formerly State Forest Administration) to Yellowstone, the world's first national park. The National Geographic Society (NGS) has a budding cooperative relationship with NFGA and a long history in Yellowstone, and I helped them design and facilitate the visit. China has over 10,000 protected areas, but they were established piecemeal under dozens