Willow green, red, water blue, Lu town on the outskirts of Beijing, Chaobai River is full of spring. It's a good time to plant trees!
On April 3, General Secretary Xi Jinping once again participated in the voluntary tree planting activity with the people in the capital. This "Green Covenant" is the 12th time he has participated in this "Green Covenant" since he became the general secretary of the party and the 17th time since he came to work in the Central Committee.
The general secretary took the lead in setting an example by shoveling soil, cultivating soil cofferdams, and carrying water for irrigation, which is to call on everyone to take action, actively participate in afforestation, and everyone strive to be a green messenger and ecological pioneer, so as to add greenery and color to the construction of a beautiful China, and jointly write a new chapter of Chinese modernization in which man and nature coexist in harmony.
On April 3, 2024, General Secretary Xi Jinping came to Lucheng Town, Tongzhou District, Beijing to participate in the capital's voluntary tree planting activities.
"Increasing greenery is increasing advantages, and planting trees is planting the future. "When planting trees this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping proposed that the greening of the motherland should be expanded, revitalized and protected at the same time.
"Micro Observation of Current Affairs" found that General Secretary Xi Jinping repeatedly emphasized "loving green, planting green, and protecting green" when planting trees in previous years. From "loving green, planting green, and protecting green" to "expanding greenery, revitalizing greenery, and protecting greenery", it is the new requirement put forward by the general secretary for afforestation in view of the new situation, which embodies the systematic concept that he has always emphasized, and has important guiding significance for the future land greening to achieve equal emphasis on quantity, quality, and stock increment.
Expanding greenery - "planting a tree, living a tree, building a piece into a piece"
This year marks the 45th anniversary of the establishment of the Arbor Day in New China. At the tree planting site, General Secretary Xi Jinping affirmed: "The people of the whole country insist on afforestation, barren mountains are covered with splendor, and deserts are turned into oases, and the achievements have attracted worldwide attention." ”
On April 3, 2024, General Secretary Xi Jinping and the Young Pioneers watered the freshly planted saplings.
Today, the forest coverage rate of the mainland has increased to 24.02%, the green coverage rate of villages exceeds 32%, and there are 219 national forest cities. In the past decade, 274 million mu of new planted forests have been added to the mainland, accounting for more than a quarter of the world's new planted forest area, making it the country with the fastest growth of forest resources in the world.
We are happy to see ecological achievements, but we cannot ignore ecological issues.
General Secretary Xi Jinping has pointed out many times when planting trees: "The mainland's ecological debt is still very large, and the lack of forests and greenery, and the fragile ecology are still problems that need to be solved with great efforts." "The total amount of forest and grass resources on the mainland is insufficient and the quality is not high. ”
To solve the difficulties and problems such as insufficient green space and low quality, it is urgent to improve the quality of forests as the largest increment of development. As early as during his work in Zhejiang, Xi Jinping proposed that "we should pay attention to the quality of tree planting, improve the survival rate, and strive to plant one tree into another, and plant a piece of green".
On April 2, 2018, when planting trees in Zhangjiawan Town, Tongzhou District, Beijing, General Secretary Xi Jinping also made it clear that "to carry out land greening actions, we should not only pay attention to quantity but also pay attention to quality" and "continuously expand the forest area, continuously improve the quality of forests, and continuously improve the quality and stability of the ecosystem".
On March 12, 2024, in Beijing's Urban Green Heart Forest Park, students participating in the Arbor Day theme activities learned about voluntary tree planting and carried out on-site care and management.
Participating in the tree planting this time, the general secretary proposed: "Expanding greenery is to scientifically promote large-scale land greening, suitable trees in the right place, suitable for the law at the right time, planting one tree and living another, and building a piece into a piece." ”
This not only emphasizes the continuous growth of quantity, but also puts forward requirements for improving the quality of greening.
Xinglu - Promote the better linkage of forest "reservoirs, money banks, grain banks, and carbon banks".
The prosperity of forests and grasslands leads to the prosperity of ecology. When talking about how to rejuvenate green, General Secretary Xi Jinping proposed for the first time to "promote the better linkage of forest 'reservoirs, money banks, grain banks, and carbon pools'".
"Micro Observation of Current Affairs" noticed that at the tree planting sites in 2022 and 2023, the general secretary used the "library" as a metaphor to clarify the importance of afforestation - "The forest is a reservoir, a money bank, and a grain bank, and now a 'carbon bank' should be added." "Forests are reservoirs, money, grain and carbon reservoirs. ”
Promoting the better linkage of "reservoirs, money banks, grain depots, and carbon pools" in forests is to expand the path of transforming lucid waters and lush mountains into gold and silver mountains, and better realize the unity of ecological, economic, and social benefits.
On September 6, 2023, General Secretary Xi Jinping inspected the natural forest area of Mohe Forest Farm in Mohe City, Daxinganling Region.
Last autumn, General Secretary Xi Jinping came to Mohe City, Heilongjiang Province for investigation and research.
Pinus sylvestris and larch tower, and blueberries, cranberries, and rhododendrons grow in the understory shrubs. Black fungus, hickory, lion's mane mushroom, Yansong tower, agaricus mushroom, hairy tip mushroom, northern schisandra, astragalus, on the side of the plank road, there are "mountain treasures" produced in the Great Xing'an Mountains.
"There are treasures on the ground and underground. The general secretary sighed.
"Forests are a treasure trove of reservoirs, grains, money and carbon. During the trip to Heilongjiang, the general secretary emphasized that "it is necessary to establish the concept that increasing greenery is to increase advantages and protecting forests is to protect wealth, and under the premise of protection, let the people increase their income through the development of the forest economy." ”
A good ecological environment is the most inclusive of people's livelihood and well-being. Protecting forests and rejuvenating greenery is not only related to ecology, but also to the happy life of the people. Today's Mohe pays special attention to the relationship between protection and utilization, and strives to maximize the efficiency of green GDP.
In the future, we should also work industrial ecology and ecological industrialization, not only to plant a variety of trees, but also to continuously improve the ability of forest management, give full play to the ecological, industrial, social and other benefits of forests, and give full play to the role of forests as a "treasure house".
On March 12, 2024, in a company in Yichun, Heilongjiang Province, staff members are packaging birch sap-related products.
Green protection - protect the hard-won greening achievements
General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed the need to strengthen the protection of forest and grass resources, do a good job in fire prevention and extinguishing, carry out in-depth investigation and rectification of major hidden dangers, and protect the hard-won achievements of greening.
The general secretary is very concerned about forest fire prevention work, and has repeatedly exhorted to pay attention to fire safety during local inspections.
"Our country used to have a low forest coverage rate and a thin foundation, and we have been desperately planting trees in recent years, and artificial afforestation is the first in the world, but we can't help fires. We must draw a lesson, take precautions before 'fire,' and do the work of prevention in advance. Otherwise, decades, centuries, and thousands of years of work will be ruined. In September last year, during the inspection of the natural forest area of Mohe Forest Farm, the general secretary said earnestly.
"Special attention should be paid to man-made fire hazards, and the relationship between fire prevention and tourism must be dealt with. The responsibility of fire prevention is heavier than Mount Tai, and tourism income cannot be regarded as higher than fire prevention. "In August 2021, during the inspection of the Saihanba Machinery Forest Farm in Hebei Province, the general secretary repeatedly advised. If the results of 60 years of afforestation are destroyed and burned down, the losses will be both material and spiritual. ”
On August 23, 2021, during the inspection of the Saihanba Machinery Forest Farm in Hebei Province, General Secretary Xi Jinping cordially visited the forest rangers Liu Jun and Wang Juan, and climbed the Wanghai Tower to learn more about their daily work and diet.
This year's tree planting, General Secretary Xi Jinping when talking about the issue of greening, also specifically mentioned the "Three Norths" project - "The Three North region is the main battlefield of land greening, and more forces should be concentrated on the construction of the "Three Norths" project to build a green Great Wall in northern Xinjiang." ”
The "Three Norths" project, stretching from Xinjiang in the west to Heilongjiang in the east, is a green Great Wall that stretches for thousands of miles, and plays a pivotal role in the construction of ecological civilization in the country. The period from 2021 to 2030 is the construction period of the sixth phase of the "Three Norths" project, which is a critical period for consolidating and expanding the achievements of desertification prevention and control, and a critical period for promoting the high-quality development of the "Three Norths" project.
In June last year, General Secretary Xi Jinping inspected Bayannur, Inner Mongolia, and presided over a symposium on strengthening the comprehensive prevention and control of desertification and promoting the construction of key ecological projects such as the "Three Norths".
"It is necessary to adhere to the system concept, solidly promote the integrated protection and systematic management of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grasslands and sands", "we must highlight the key points of governance, and make every effort to fight the three landmark battles"...... Proceeding from the concept of systems, the general secretary made comprehensive arrangements for fighting the tough battles of the "Three Norths" project.
A nursery in Inner Mongolia is raising seedlings. This year, Inner Mongolia will invest 22 million yuan to ensure the supply of seedlings for the "Three Norths" project and help fight the tough battles of the "Three Norths" project.
Afforestation and greening is a cause that will benefit the present generation and the future, and it must be done year after year, generation after generation, roll up your sleeves and work hard.
As General Secretary Xi Jinping said: "Each person plants a few trees, a few pieces every year, year after year, day by day, the motherland will continue to grow greener, the mountains and rivers will continue to be beautiful, and the quality of life of the people will continue to improve." ”
Source: CCTV News
Review: Li Chenxue
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Material arrangement: 吕昕洺、施娇娇