*Changbaishan Forest Ecosystem Experiment Station (temperate broadleaved, mixed coniferous forest; northeastern China), Shenyang Institute of Applied Ecology

Changshu Agroecology Experiment Station (central subtropical hilly red earth zone), Nanjing Institute of Soil Science

Changwu Comprehensive Soil and Water Conservation Experiment Station (temperate semiarid; Loess Plateau, Shaanxi Province), Northwest Institute of Soil and Water Conservation

*Dayawan Marine Biology Experiment Station (subtropical marine bay; Guangzhou), South China Sea Institute of Oceanology

Dinghushan Subtropical Forest Ecosystem Experiment Station (subtropical evergreen broadleaved forest; Guangzhou), South China Institute of Botany

*Donghu Lake Ecosystem Experiment Station (subtropical freshwater lake; Wuhan), Wuhan Institute of Hydrobiology

Donshan Aquaculture Experiment Station, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology

*Fengqiu Comprehensive Agroecology Experiment Station (warm temperate, semimoist, semiarid; Huang—Huai—Hai Plain, Henan Province), Nanjing Institute of Soil Science

*Fukang Desert Ecosystem Experiment Station (temperate desert) Xinjiang Institute of Biology, Pedology, and Desert Research

Gonggashan Alpine Ecosystem Experiment Station (subalpine coniferous forest), Chengdu Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment

Guizhou Karst Mountain Ecosystem Experiment Station, Guiyang Institute of Geochemistry

Guyuan Ecological Experiment Station, Northwest Institute of Soil and Water Conservation

*Haibei Alpine Meadow Ecosystem Experiment Station (temperate alpine meadow; Qinghai Province), Northwest Plateau Institute of Biology

Hailun Agroecology Experiment Station (temperate, semimoist), Heilongjiang Institute of Agricultural Modernization

Hainan Tropical Marine Biology Experiment Station, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology

*Heshan Comprehensive Downland Experiment Station (subtropical evergreen broadleaved forest; Guangdong Province), South China Institute of Botany

Huangdao Mariculture Experiment Station (temperate marine bay; Northeast China), Qingdao Institute of Oceanology

Huitong Subtropical Forest Ecosystem Experiment Station (subtropical evergreen broadleaved forest), Shenyang Institute of Applied Ecology