China’s Achievements in Desertification Prevention and Control: A New Era Miracle

2023-06-17 12:32:14

On the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, 53% of the controllable desertified land in the mainland has been brought under control. (Photo/The Paper)

The Paper reported that June 17 is the 29th World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought. The theme of this year’s Mainland China is “Bravely shouldering the mission, not being afraid of hardships, working hard for a long time, and striving to create a new miracle in China’s desertification prevention and control in the new era.” The home commemorative activities of the mainland countries allege that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China has achieved remarkable results in desertification prevention and control. A total of 20.33 million hectares of desertification prevention and control tasks have been completed, and 53% of the controllable desertified land has been treated. The system of engineering, assessment, policy, science and technology promotion, investigation and monitoring and other systems has blazed a road of desertification prevention and control with Chinese characteristics that conforms to the laws of nature and national conditions.

China is one of the countries with the most severe desertification. The desertified land area of ​​the mainland is 2.5737 million square kilometers, accounting for 26.81% of the country’s land area. The area of ​​desertified land is 1.6878 million square kilometers, accounting for 17.58% of the country’s land area. For a long time, through continuous systematic governance, desertification and sandy land in the mainland have shown a good trend of “overall improvement and accelerated improvement”.

One is the continuous “double reduction” of desertification and land desertification. The area of ​​desertified and sandy land in the mainland has experienced a net decrease for four consecutive monitoring periods. Compared with 2009, the net decrease of desertified land was 50,000 square kilometers, and the net decrease of desertified land was 43,300 square kilometers.

Second, the forest and grass vegetation in sandy areas has improved significantly. Compared with 2009, the average vegetation coverage in sandy areas has increased by 2.6 percentage points. The comprehensive vegetation coverage of forest and grass in the Beijing-Tianjin sandstorm source control project area has increased from 39.8% to 45.5% in the past 20 years. The forest coverage rate in the Three-North Project area has increased from 1978 The percentage increased from 5.05% to 13.84% in 2019, and the key governance areas have achieved a historic transformation from “sand ingress and people retreat” to “green ingress and desert retreat”.

Third, the hazards of wind and sand have been suppressed. In 2019, the total amount of soil wind erosion in the eight major deserts and the four major sandy lands in the mainland decreased by regarding 40% compared with 2000. In the past 10 years (2011-2020), there have been 8.4 sand and dust weather processes in northern China in spring on average, which is lower than that in the same period of the year. 12.5 times.

Fourth, advanced models continue to emerge. In the long-term practice of desertification prevention and control, advanced sand control models such as Saihanba, Youyu, Babusha, and Ke Keya have emerged successively, and sand control heroes such as Shi Guangyin, Wang Youde, Niu Yuqin, Shi Shuzhu, and Yin Yuzhen have emerged. The spirit of Saihanba is included in the spiritual pedigree of the Communist Party of China.

Fifth, the performance of conventions and international cooperation have achieved remarkable results. The mainland actively implements the “United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification”, strengthens international cooperation, and continuously contributes “Chinese solutions” to global ecological governance, demonstrating the image of a responsible major country.

The person in charge of the relevant department of the State Forestry and Grassland Administration of the Mainland said that we must bear in mind General Secretary Xi Jinping’s entrustment, have the “big country” in mind, vigorously promote the “Three Norths (Northeast, North China, Northwest) spirit”, and resolutely shoulder the heavy responsibility of desertification prevention and control. Resolutely fight the battle once morest desertification in the “Three Norths” project. It is necessary to promptly formulate opinions on strengthening the comprehensive prevention and control of desertification and promoting the construction of key ecological projects such as the “Three Norths”, revise and compile the general regulations and six-phase planning of the “Three Norths” project, and study and formulate the implementation of the three landmark campaigns of the “Three Norths” project Plans to clarify the main attack direction and key tasks of each campaign. Establish an inter-ministerial joint meeting mechanism for the “Three North” projects to coordinate, guide, and coordinate the advancement of relevant key tasks. Improve the financial support and policy support system for the “Three Norths” project, and strengthen various support guarantees such as ecological water use. Strengthen international exchanges and cooperation with neighboring countries, and support the joint construction of the “Belt and Road” countries to combat desertification. Establish and improve the responsibility assessment mechanism for desertification prevention and control, and incorporate the work of desertification prevention and control into the assessment of the forest chief system.

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