Existing protection measures: Anhui and Hainan have listed the Chinese cobra as provincial-level key protected animals, and Shanghai, Hunan and Guizhou have listed all snake species as provincial-level protected animals.

Further protection measures should be taken: it is recommended that any The distributed provinces and autonomous regions have listed the Chinese cobra as a key protected wild animal in the province (region), and on the basis of the wild animal census, according to specific circumstances, limited capture and utilization are allowed.

The Chinese cobra has a wide range of diets, mainly frogs and snakes, followed by birds and mice, and also eats lizards, loaches, eels and other small fish. It stings around May every year and enters hibernation in November.