Tianmushan–Qingliangfeng Biosphere Reserve is located in the Zhejiang Province in the eastern coastal region of China, about 230 km south-west of Shanghai. 

Also known as the 'kingdom of big trees', the biosphere reserve protects the most ancient wild Ginkgo biloba communities. The vegetation in this area is very rich, covering evergreen and deciduous broadleaved forest, bamboo forest, coniferous forests, marshes and aquatic vegetation. Its major habitats include: Subtropical evergreen broadleaf forest with Castanopsis sclerophylla, Cyclobalanopsis glauca and Schima superba; subtropical evergreen and deciduous broadleaf mixed forest with Phoebe chekiangensis, Ginkgo biloba and Emmenopterys henryi; coniferous forest with Cryptomeria fortunei, Pseudolarix kaempferi and Pinus taiwanensis; agroecosystems with rice, vegetables and maize; forestry ecosystems with bamboo, mulberry, medicinal plants and tea (Camellia sinensis)