Autumn dyes fertile fields, and forests hide gold.
At the time of the autumn harvest, the "understory economy" in Jilin Province has been fruitful. The green mountains have become "gold and silver mountains" to get rich, and the reckless forests and seas have become veritable "big treasure houses".
"Through the introduction of high-quality gene seed spike grafting technology, the pine tower is large, early fruiting, high yield, and the income of each tree is more than 200 yuan."
"We have 60 years of ginseng cultivation experience here, and the planting technology is mature, and we are a sought-after commodity in the market!"
"The village has many mountains and forests, and the ecological environment is good, which is very suitable for the growth of cash crops under the forest. Relying on lucid waters and lush mountains, we have lived a good life. ”
The simple words confirm the gift of mountains and forests, and also reflect the vivid practice of "lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets" in the fertile green mountains.
I want to ask where does this "mountain of gold and silver" come from? The answer should be explored from 8,829,800 hectares of forest land, and the abundant forest and grass resources are the advantages and confidence of economic development under the forest. In 2023, the province's forest and grass resource advantages will be transformed into industrial advantages, with the use of forest land to develop forest industries reaching 17.25 million mu and the production of 580,000 tons of economic forest products.
In the 1,000-acre Wenguan fruit planting demonstration base in Lishu County, Siping City, the fruit forest is lush and lush. It was originally a degraded low-yield forest, but through renovation, a key project for the planting of Wenguan fruit industry has been created, which not only has a good effect of desertification prevention and control, but also increases the ecological value and economic value.
In Jingyu County, Baishan City, the blueberry cultivation area has reached 34,000 acres, which is one of the five major blueberry producing areas in the country, with excellent climatic advantages and soil conditions for cultivating blueberries in alpine and cold regions, and blueberry fruits have become the "main force" for local farmers to increase income.
Our province is rich in forest and grass Chinese medicinal resources, has a strong industrial foundation, and accounts for 37.7% of the total number of medicinal materials in the country, and is the base of northern medicine in China. The output of more than 10 kinds of Chinese medicinal materials such as epimedium weed, schisandra chinensis, guanfengfeng and pingbei ranks first in the country. The province's forest and grass traditional Chinese medicine cultivation area is more than 80,000 hectares, and the output value of the whole industrial chain can reach 40 billion yuan.
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The wind shows the green sea and the forest weather is thousands. Over the years, based on the endowment of ecological resources, our province has developed differently according to local conditions, focused on amplifying and activating green advantages, and the economic industry under the forest has steadily advanced and flourished, breaking out a road of green development.
I want to ask why this "gold and silver mountain" is? The province's 300,000 workers who participated in the economic development of the forest gave the answer, they measured every inch of land under the shade of trees and forests and grasses with their footsteps, and excavated a "gold and silver mountain" with their diligent hands.
According to the data, there are more than 4,500 economic development entities under the forest in our province, and the total output value of the forestry and grass industry has increased from 110 billion yuan in 2019 to 150 billion yuan in 2023, achieving leapfrog development.
Hope is in the mountains, and wealth is in the forest. Over the years, our province has engraved the concept of "lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets" in the mountains and forests, kept the "cornucopia", recited the "Prosperity Sutra", developed the forest economy to blossom more, and walked out of the extraordinary road.
I want to ask where will this "mountain of gold and silver" go? General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that "the people's food needs are more diversified, which requires us to change our concepts and establish a big agriculture and big food concept."
This year's "No. 1 Document of the Provincial Party Committee" proposes to build a diversified agricultural industrial system. As an important part of diversified industries, the forestry and grass industry will usher in greater development opportunities, create richer industrial formats, release more "two mountains" benefits, and drive the overall leap of the forestry and grass industry.
Forest fruit model, forest medicine model, forest vegetable model, forest frog model...... A multi-dimensional forest "granary" is about to emerge.
The province has 5 million hectares of understory economic utilization forest land, an annual output of 10.62 million tons of underforest economic products, and 180 leading enterprises above the provincial level.
Meihekou-Dongfeng has built the largest nut processing industry concentration area in the north of the country, basically forming an industrial scale of "buying the world and selling the world", with an annual import and export trade volume of more than 200 million US dollars.
Lucid waters and lush mountains are bringing happiness to the people of Jilin......
The lush forests cover the earth, the surging Songhua River sings all the way, the true color of the green water and green mountains is stronger, and a vibrant development blueprint jumps in front of you. Jilin is going all out to revitalize the "forest article" and inject new vitality and impetus into the sustainable prosperity of the forest economy. A new "nuggets" and "win-win" road of green wealth under the forest are being explored.
Produced by Jilin Daily
Author: Jilin Daily all-media reporter Chen Mo
Curator: Han Xuejie
Executive Editor-in-Chief: Yu Yue
Editor: Han Yuhong