China Wildlife Protection Law (2022 revision) Art. 25 — licensing regime for captive breeding of nationally protected wildlife (人工繁育许可)
Verbatim first-hand clauses from Article 25 of the Wildlife Protection Law of the People's Republic of China (2022 revision, Presidential Order No. 126, effective 2023-05-01). Chinese original is the C1-verified text (each clause a byte-substring of the saved source file); an English gloss follows each clause. This article sets the licensing regime that governs captive breeding (人工繁育) of protected wildlife — the legal basis under which many exotic-pet species may only be bred with a permit.
Verbatim C1 claims (each a byte-substring of the source file)
- 中文原文：人工繁育国家重点保护野生动物实行许可制度。人工繁育国家重点保护野生动物的，应当经省、自治区、直辖市人民政府野生动物保护主管部门批准，取得人工繁育许可证，但国务院对批准机关另有规定的除外。
EN: Captive breeding of nationally key protected wildlife is subject to a licensing system: anyone breeding nationally key protected wildlife must be approved by the wildlife-protection authority of the provincial-level people's government and obtain a captive-breeding licence, except where the State Council provides otherwise.
- 中文原文：人工繁育有重要生态、科学、社会价值的陆生野生动物的，应当向县级人民政府野生动物保护主管部门备案。
EN: Captive breeding of terrestrial wildlife with important ecological, scientific and social value (三有 species) must be filed for the record with the county-level wildlife-protection authority.
- 中文原文：人工繁育野生动物应当使用人工繁育子代种源，建立物种系谱、繁育档案和个体数据。
EN: Captive breeding must use captive-bred (second-generation) founder stock, with pedigree records, breeding archives and individual data established.
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