March 12 is the 44th Arbor Day in my country. The “2021 China Land Greening Status Bulletin” recently released by the Office of the National Greening Committee shows that in 2021, my country will complete afforestation and planting of 6.6667 million hectares of grass, of which 3.6 million hectares will be afforestation and 3.0667 million hectares will be planted to improve grasslands. 1.44 million hectares of transformed land.
Key ecological projects have been implemented in depth. Last year, my country planned and launched 66 regional system management projects for forests and grasslands, completing 1,133,300 hectares of natural forest tending, 380,800 hectares and 23,900 hectares of farmland being returned to forest and 23,900 hectares respectively. The Taihang Mountains and other key shelterbelt projects have completed afforestation of 342,600 hectares, the Three-North Project has completed afforestation of 895,900 hectares, the Beijing-Tianjin Sandstorm Source Control Project has completed afforestation of 212,500 hectares, the comprehensive management of rocky desertification has completed 330,000 hectares, and the construction of national reserve forests of 405,300 hectares. Accurately improve forest quality and complete the restoration of 933,300 hectares of degraded forests. The newly added soil erosion control area was 62,000 square kilometers.
Urban and rural greening and beautification have been carried out in a coordinated manner. Last year, 43 new cities were added to carry out the construction of national forest cities. A total of more than 20,000 “pocket parks” and more than 80,000 kilometers of greenways were built nationwide. The protection and restoration of grasslands and wetlands has been strengthened, 1,562,600 hectares of grassland ecological restoration has been carried out, and 72,700 hectares of degraded wetlands have been newly added and restored. Steady progress was made in the prevention and control of desertification, and pilot projects for desert ecological protection compensation were carried out in 7 provinces. The national forest chief system has basically been established. 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps have basically established organizational and institutional systems. 27 provinces have established supporting systems such as forest chief meetings, departmental collaboration, and work supervision. 17 The province has introduced the assessment and evaluation method of the forest chief system.
New achievements have been made in the development of green and enriching industries in my country. The national economic forest area has remained at more than 40 million hectares, 251,300 hectares of camellia oleifera forests have been newly rebuilt, and the number of eco-tourism tourists has reached 2.093 billion, a year-on-year increase of more than 12%. (Reporter Gu Zhongyang)
[Editor in charge: Liu Shidong]
