[New ideas lead a new journey] Plant a green background to build a beautiful China

News: General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that we must plan and promote the new journey of ecological environmental protection with a higher stance, a broader vision, and greater intensity, and write a new chapter in the construction of ecological civilization in the new era. To implement the spirit of the General Secretary’s instructions, all localities firmly establish and practice the concept that clear waters and lush mountains are valuable assets, adhere to the integrated protection and systematic management of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grass and sand, and plant a green background for high-quality development to build a beautiful China. Comprehensively promote the modernization of harmonious coexistence between man and nature.

In the Saihanba Mechanical Forest Farm in summer, people are busy planting trees. This year, the forest farm plans to cultivate 5 million improved seedlings and create 20,000 acres of mixed forest. Today, Saihanba’s forest coverage rate has reached 82%, and the total value of forest resources is approximately 23.12 billion yuan.

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has attached great importance to the construction of ecological civilization. He has traveled north and south of the Yangtze River and inside and outside the Great Wall to see mountains, waters, forests, fields, grass and sand, promoting the concept of ecological civilization to take root. In 2021, when inspecting the Saihanba Mechanical Forest Farm, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized the need to inherit the Saihanba spirit and deeply understand and implement the concept of ecological civilization.

Plant a thick green background to build a beautiful China. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, my country has completed a total of 1.68 billion acres of land greening area, and the forest coverage rate has increased from 21.63% to 24.02%. my country's artificial forest area has reached 1.314 billion acres, ranking first in the world.

To build a beautiful China, this summer, all regions are seizing the opportunity to expand, develop and protect greenery. In the stream forest farm in the hinterland of Xiaoxing'an Mountains, afforestation, restoration of degraded forests, and seedling breeding are being carried out promptly. This year, Heilongjiang province plans to complete afforestation of 1 million acres. In Xinjiang's Taklimakan Desert, large bulldozers are carrying out standardized leveling of sand dunes. This year, Xinjiang has afforestation of 1.2 million acres and desertification control of 4.5 million acres in four key areas including the Taklimakan Desert and Gurbantunggut Desert.

To build a beautiful China, all localities should coordinate the management of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grass and sand systems. Jiangsu is advancing the battle to control Taihu Lake, implementing comprehensive management of industrial pollution, domestic sewage, and agricultural non-point source pollution, and striving to achieve the average water quality of Taihu Lake in 2025 to reach Class III standards; Shanxi is carrying out embankment risk reduction and reinforcement and ecological restoration of the Salt Lake to restore Salt Lake Ecosystem; Guangxi is stepping up efforts to promote marine ecological restoration and do a good job in replanting and restoring mangroves. By 2025, the region plans to build 1,000 hectares of mangroves and restore more than 3,500 hectares of mangroves.

To build a beautiful China, all regions will accelerate the green and low-carbon transformation of development methods. Zhejiang actively builds a green, low-carbon recycling industrial system, promotes the construction of green manufacturing systems and service systems, and has established a total of 21 green parks; Hubei has stepped up efforts to cultivate green factories and strives to cultivate 150 more national-level green factories by 2027; Inner Mongolia Library In Buqi, a new energy base with an installed capacity of 13 GW is under construction. After the base is completed, it can generate 25.74 billion kilowatt hours of clean electricity every year. In Lingwu, Ningxia, a 2 million kilowatt composite photovoltaic base supporting Lingshao DC is also under construction. The project will be connected to the grid at full capacity in 2024.

Persistence will pay off over time. On the new journey, our country’s green foundation continues to grow, green welfare continues to improve, the sky is bluer, the ground is greener, the water is clearer, and the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains are more colorful, the magnificent picture of a beautiful China is being drawn at an accelerated pace.