A major step toward reducing elephant poaching is set to begin tomorrow here in China, with a new ban on ivory trading coming into effect.
Under the new regulations, it’s now set to become illegal to process or sell ivory or ivory products in China.
CRI's Guan Chao has more.
The move is a complete prohibition of commercial processing and trading of ivory in both the domestic market and abroad.
Zhou Fei with the World Wide Fund for Nature in China, says the new regulations are a major step forward in the country.
"Total ban means both the new ivory, the so-called new ivory and also the old ivory. Why is it a total ban in China's case, because i
