The life cycle of ACIPENSER sinensis is long, and the longest life span can reach 40 years. It is a first-class protected wild animal in China, and it is also a living fossil, known as the "giant panda in the water". China, Japan, Korea, Lao People's Democratic Republic and Korea. It is mainly distributed below Jinsha River, the main stream of the Yangtze River in China, to the estuary of the sea, and other water systems such as Ganjiang River, Xiangjiang River, Minjiang River, Qiantang River and Pearl River occasionally appear.
Acipenser sinensis lives in rivers and offshore waters, and is a bottom fish, which is migratory or semi-migratory. In spring and summer, it likes to gather in the estuary from May to June, and it goes back to the upper reaches of rivers in autumn. In ancient times: "_ out of the river, Huai River, Yellow River, deep water of the Three Seas", "its residence is also between rockfill turbulence".