Situated on the northern side of the ridge of Qinling Mountain Range, and in the south of Zhouzhi County, Shaanxi Province, the Zhouzhi Nature Reserve was set up in 1988. It occupies an area of 52, 931 hectares, of which 90 is covered by forests. It is set to preserve the precious rare wild animal golden monkeys in China.

In the Reserve, there is a dense forest with abundant plant resources. Its forest vegetation belongs to warm temperate zone coniferous and broadleaf mixed forests based on the Middle China and North China. plants, including 619 species of higher plants, of which 22 species are under the key national protection, e. g. the bark of eucommia, Northeast China ash, tuber of elevated gastrodia, lacebark pine, bark of official magnolia, wingceltis, etc.

The Reserve has 199 species of vertebrates, covering about 30. 7 percent of the total in Shaanxi Province. Among them 22 species such as golden monkey, panda, takin, leopard, clouded leopard, black stork, etc.

are under the key national protection. Nowadays, 14 groups of 1500 golden monkeys are living in the Reserve which becomes a largest golden monkey perching place in China.