It is part of the Laojun Mountain region, which includes an area of 1,085 square kilometres (419 sq mi) with elevations ranging from 2,100 to 4,513 metres (6,890 to 14,806 ft).

[1] The region was included in the Three Parallel Rivers UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2003, and the Laojun Mountain National Park was announced in January 2009.

[1][3] Laojun Mountain has over 170 species of macrofungi (mushrooms),[4] about 10% of all rhododendrons in the world, and it is one of the few remaining places where the endangered Yunnan snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus bieti) can be found.

[2] In 2015, TNC established a conservancy program on the mountain, in Liju village, concerning the animal.

It offers business opportunities and training to local residents, to provide alternatives to poaching and logging, in order to protect the monkeys.