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About China Dinosaurs Park
The museum building and fossil displays provide the scientific subject around which the broader attraction is organized.
Evolution Hall and the forest-themed exhibition areas offer a more focused visit than trying every ride. The surrounding themed attractions interpret dinosaurs through entertainment rather than palaeontological evidence. Separate these two experiences when planning, and use current notices for ride access, shows and any additional resort facilities.
No dinosaur fossils have been unearthed in Jiangsu province. The park originated after a 1996 meeting in which Song Ruixiang (宋瑞祥), then Minister of Geology and Mineral Resources, told Changzhou officials that the ministry held dinosaur fossils; former Changzhou party secretary Yu Zhenxin (虞振新) then proposed that the city fund a museum to display them. Five state-owned enterprises together provided 60 million yuan (6000万元人民币) in start-up capital to build the park.
China Dinosaurs Park is designated a national 5A tourist attraction (国家5A级旅游景区). Its associated Dinosaur Valley Hot Springs, built in 2008, covers 280 mu (0.19 square kilometers) and combines a hot-springs theme park with lodging, a conference center, dining and a spa, with nearly forty pools. Dino Water Town, open since 2014, covers 137,000 square meters and combines shopping, dining, entertainment and lodging around a dinosaur theme.
What to look for
- The dinosaur museum presents fossil material and skeletal displays.
- Evolution Hall connects the specimens with the development of prehistoric life.
Background & history
China Dinosaurs Park (Chinese: 中华恐龙园), also called China Dinosaurs Land is a theme park located in Changzhou, Jiangsu, China. It has been open since September 2000. The park covers more than 600 mu (0.27 km2). As it is a theme park about dinosaurs, it is also called the "Eastern Jurassic Park". The museum contains a nearly complete fossil skeleton of the important dinosaur genus Sinosauropteryx (similar to Archaeopteryx) as well as large fossils such as those of a Brachiosaurus and a Hadrosaurus. Changzhou Travel and Tourism Administration regards China Dinosaur Park as the most amusing base for science education. The park focuses on creating a harmonious ecological environment. There are 70 different kinds of trees and more than 4,000 plants in the park. The afforested areas comprise 70 percent of the total area. There are nearly twenty kinds of amusements for tourists to enjoy themselves. The symbolic building in the park is the museum of dinosaurs.
Excerpt from Wikipedia: China Dinosaurs Park · Wikipedia contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected introductory sentences; formatting simplified. Background information, not current visitor-service advice.
Location & getting there
Getting to China Dinosaurs Park
Approach 1 Hanjiang Road in Xinbei, Changzhou, and use the main China Dinosaurs Park visitor entrance.
Combine your visit
A suggested sequence linking the specific features of this visit.
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Dinosaur museum
Begin with the fossil and skeletal material.
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Evolution Hall
Connect the specimens with the museum’s broader scientific explanation.
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Selected dinosaur-themed ride area
Add an entertainment component from the current park programme.
This order is editorial. Confirm access and any transfers between stops; it does not establish a walking route, same-day connection or common admission ticket.
Find China Dinosaurs Park
中华恐龙园 · 常州市
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View guide →Sources & visit information
The sources below support the place-specific description and arrival information. Suggested combinations are editorial planning ideas; confirm current opening, entry arrangements and transport services for your date.
- China Dinosaurs Park ↗
- Changzhou ↗
- Chinese Wikipedia: 中华恐龙园 (revision 93818920, 2026-08-09) ↗
- English Wikipedia: China Dinosaurs Park (revision 1364349849, 2026-07-16) ↗
Visitor information adapted and edited from Wikipedia contributors, “China Dinosaurs Park” · CC BY-SA 4.0. Source revision 1364349849.
Visitor information adapted and edited from Wikivoyage contributors, listing “Dinosaur Park” · CC BY-SA 4.0.
Background paragraphs translated and condensed from Wikipedia contributors, "中华恐龙园", Chinese Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0. Source revision 93818920.
Background paragraphs condensed from Wikipedia contributors, "China Dinosaurs Park", English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0. Source revision 1364349849.