Looking Back at the Past and Knowing the Future | The Transformation of the Great Xing'an Mountains Forest Region | Forest Region | The Great Xing'an Mountains
Mangmang Xing'an Ridge, surging Heilongjiang River.
As the northernmost ecological security barrier in China, the Greater Khingan Mountains forest area is a key state-owned forest area. Here, the mountains stretch endlessly and rivers flow endlessly, shouldering the mission of maintaining national ecological security.
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This is a recent photo of the scenery in the Greater Khingan Mountains forest area. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Tao
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, especially after the complete cessation of commercial logging of natural forests in 2014, the Greater Khingan Mountains forest area has embarked on a path of transformation and development. At present, the total volume of standing trees, forest area, and forest coverage in forest areas have achieved "three growth". The vast forest sea in the Greater Khingan Mountains presents a new look, and the people in the forest area are reaping more "gold and silver" from the "green mountains and clear waters".
On March 15th, workers were screening wild cranberries in the production workshop of Yikang Wild Food Processing Co., Ltd. in Daxing'anling. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Tao
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Born and thrived in the forest. A batch of blueberry processing plants and northern medicine plantations have developed in the Greater Khingan Mountains forest area. Tourism resources such as Shenzhou Arctic Village, China's Longjiangyuan, summer resort and health resort have attracted visitors from all over the world. The development of the forest area has changed from "one tree alone" to a green ecological industrial system dominated by forest eco-tourism, forest food, medicinal materials processing, etc.
On January 10th, in Beiji Village, Mohe City, tourists rode horse drawn plows. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Tao
The Great Khingan Mountains used to be intimidated by the high cold, but now "cold resources" have become "hot industries". The Greater Khingan Mountains region utilizes its unique climate conditions to actively develop the "dual cold" industries of cold biology and cold testing, and accelerate the economic transformation and development of forest areas.
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Visual | jointly produced by Xinhua News Agency's domestic department and Heilongjiang branch