Abstract:The establishment of a nature reserve system with national parks as the main body is a major practical innovation and reform of ecological civilization construction in China. Wetland natural park is an important part of the nature reserve system. Based on data of 20 wetland parks in Guangzhou, this study compares and analyzes the basic situation of wetland parks before and after integration and optimization, and finds that the integration and optimization works have preliminarily solved the problems of spatial overlap, protection gap, and contradiction of land use in protected areas in these wetland parks. In addition, the study mainly proposes the protection and development strategies of integrated and optimized wetland natural parks from the aspects of protecting and restoring important typical wetlands, restoring urban wetland ecological corridors, restoring wetland habitats, promoting the transformation of wetland value, and improving laws and regulations.