The book of Green Book of Qilian Ecosystem: Annual Report on the Development of Qilian Ecosystem (2018) is recently published. In this book the authors propose a theoretical framework for the concept of better environmental governance. For the first time, the authors bring forth some new ideas for the protection of natural reserve from various views, such as government action, involvement of environmental organizations, corporate responsibility, public engagement and cultural heritage of ecological view originated from the nomadic people. Detailed information about the demands and iterative games of interest among the government, enterprises and the public is also presented. Besides, concrete countermeasure and suggestions are elaborated in the book for the adaptive management of Qilian ecosystem, which call for a joint support from legislation, local administration, the public, economic marketplace, as well as science and technology.