Opened in 1982, Chebaling Nature Reserve lies in Shixing County, northern part of Guangdong, near the Quannan County, Jiangxi. It ranges along the southern side of Nanling Mountain Chain, covering an area of 7,545 hectares.

Here is the transitional belt between southern subtropical zone and central subtropical zone with primeval plant communities. The Reserve comprises the central subtropical evergreen broadleaf forests, 30° to 40° slopes, deep ravines and mountains, the peak of which rises to 1256 m.

1345 species of seed plants are residents, 14 species are rarest and endangered including Tsoong's tree, Chinese bretschneidera and cavaler eurycorymbus, 4 species are newly found. It is also a good place to collect medicinal plants and other economically valuable plants.

Wildlife is much in evidence, including 91 species of birds, 35 species of mammals, 15 species of amphibians, 20 species of reptiles, 1220 species of insects, among them the 34 species are under key state protection: South China tiger, clouded leopard, otter, yellow — bellied tragopan. 121 species of butterflies are recorded and possess special attraction for researchers and tourists. The South China tiger has been placed on China's national register of endangered animals, its conservation has become a matter of great popular concern.