The first monograph in the field of ecotourism in China.

The Sustainable Development of Ecotourism is a book published by Li Changrong in 2004 by China Forestry Publishing House. This book is China's first specialized work on the sustainable development of eco-tourism. Around the sustainable development of eco-tourism, the basic theory of eco-tourism, eco-tourism resources, eco-tourism planning and design, eco-environmental protection of eco-tourism, and the effective management and guarantee system of eco-tourism sustainable development are comprehensively expounded and discussed.

In 2000, the textbook Eco-tourism, edited by Yang Guihua and others, was first published in Chinese mainland, which became "the first theoretical research work in the field of eco-tourism in China and the latest achievement in domestic eco-tourism research". From this point of view, a large number of documents on ecotourism research focus on basic theoretical research such as the definition, interpretation of connotation, discussion of functions and description of characteristics of ecotourism. In this process, many experts and scholars have made unremitting efforts, absorbed the advanced development concepts and practices of international ecotourism, and provided valuable experience for the in-depth development of ecotourism in China.