53% Enhancement of Desert Ecosystem Function in China, Able to Control Desertification and Protect Land | Engineering | Ecosystem

Release time:Apr 14, 2024 06:54 AM

CCTV News: Nature is the basic condition for human survival and development. Respecting, conforming to, and protecting nature are inherent requirements for building a socialist modernized country comprehensively. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China has made historic achievements in ecological protection and restoration work, continuously improving the stability of the ecosystem, and laying a solid green foundation for the construction of a beautiful China.

Recently, a new batch of integrated protection and restoration projects for mountains, waters, forests, fields, lakes, grasslands, and sands have started construction. These projects revolve around key nodes in the "three zones and four belts" ecological security barrier area and major national development strategic areas. Since 2016, the central government has invested an average of about 10 billion yuan per year in implementing 51 integrated protection and restoration projects for mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grasslands, and sands across the country. It is expected that the total investment from 2021 to 2030 will exceed 250 billion yuan, bringing vitality to 10 million hectares of land.


53% Enhancement of Desert Ecosystem Function in China, Able to Control Desertification and Protect Land | Engineering | Ecosystem

In the past 10 years, China has insisted on driving the development of land greening with major projects, such as natural forest protection, returning farmland to forest and grassland, and "three north" shelter forest. The total amount and quality of afforestation have gone hand in hand. A total of 1.02 billion mu of afforestation has been completed nationwide, with the area of artificial forests ranking first in the world. China has become the country with the fastest and largest growth in forest resources globally.

In the past 10 years, China has completed 20.33 million hectares of desertification control tasks, and 53% of the desertified land that can be treated has been treated. Desertification and land area have decreased by 5 million hectares compared to 10 years ago, and the average vegetation coverage in sandy areas has increased by 2.6 percentage points. The desert ecosystem is showing a trend of enhanced functionality and stable improvement. China has achieved the United Nations goal of zero growth in land degradation by 2030 ahead of schedule.


53% Enhancement of Desert Ecosystem Function in China, Able to Control Desertification and Protect Land | Engineering | Ecosystem

In October 2021, China officially established the first five national parks, including Sanjiangyuan and Giant Panda. At present, we are promoting the improvement of the establishment conditions for the pilot areas of the original national park system, including Qilian Mountains, Qianjiangyuan, Nanshan, Shennongjia, and Shangri La, and promoting the creation of 12 candidate areas for national parks, including the Yellow River estuary.

Since 2023, China has fully completed the delineation of ecological protection red lines. A red line has included 3 million square kilometers of land and 150000 square kilometers of sea area in the protection scope, effectively protecting 90% of land ecosystem types and 74% of national key protected wild animal and plant populations.


53% Enhancement of Desert Ecosystem Function in China, Able to Control Desertification and Protect Land | Engineering | Ecosystem
Two women were stabbed to death and reported to have committed a crime 4 days before the follow-up visit for schizophrenia. Suspect of a bloody murder case in a Hong Kong shopping mall appeared in court today. Male | Last Friday | Murder case
Two women were stabbed to death and reported to have committed a crime 4 days before the follow-up visit for schizophrenia. Suspect of a bloody murder case in a Hong Kong shopping mall appeared in court today. Male | Last Friday | Murder case

According to Hong Kong's Wen Wei Po, a bloody knife stabbing case occurred at Hollywood Square in Diamond Hill last Friday. The police arrested a 39 year old man on suspicion of stabbing two young women, one of whom was stabbed over 30 times. The suspect appeared in the Kwun Tong Magistrates Court this morning. The police at the Kwun Tong Magistrate's Court temporarily charged the suspect with two counts of murder last Sunday. The suspect appeared in court this morning at the Kwun Tong Magistrate's Court. Acting Chief Magistrate Zheng Jihang, after listening to the opinions of both the prosecution and defense, decided to postpone the hearing for two weeks until 9:30 am on June 19th, waiting for two psychiatric expert reports to be obtained. The defense did not object. Zheng Jihang approved the application, and the defendant needs to be temporarily detained at Xiaolan Mental Hospital. When the suspect appeared in court, he wore black framed glasses, a light gray shirt, and camouflage green shorts, and was able to answer the judge's questions normally. accordingly

Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee: The focus of Henan's "summer harvest" has shifted to agricultural machinery in the northern region of Henan Province. | Support | Science | Organization | Province | Northern Henan | Summer Harvest | Rush Harvest
Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee: The focus of Henan's "summer harvest" has shifted to agricultural machinery in the northern region of Henan Province. | Support | Science | Organization | Province | Northern Henan | Summer Harvest | Rush Harvest

Currently, the highly anticipated summer harvest work in Henan has shifted its focus to the northern region of Henan. According to the Henan Daily client, on June 4th, Lou Yangsheng, Secretary of the Henan Provincial Party Committee, presided over a special video scheduling meeting on the "Three Summers" work in the province, listened to the situation report, analyzed and judged the situation, and arranged and deployed the next steps of work. Governor Wang Kai made specific arrangements. On the evening of May 31, 2023, in Xiafutou Village, Xuliang Town, Boai County, Jiaozuo, Henan Province, villagers braved light rain in the wheat fields to harvest wheat. Visual China Map Lou Yangsheng pointed out that the current summer harvest battle in the province has entered the decisive stage. Doing a good job in summer harvest in northern Henan Province is related to the summer grain yield and seed safety. We should focus on seizing opportunities and make every effort to organize the wheat harvesting work in the northern Henan region, minimize losses, and protect the interests of farmers to the greatest extent possible. Accurate forecasting is essential

Xinhua All Media+| Welcome home! What innovative technologies are protecting the return journey of Shenzhou 15? Spaceship | Shenzhou | Technology
Xinhua All Media+| Welcome home! What innovative technologies are protecting the return journey of Shenzhou 15? Spaceship | Shenzhou | Technology

On June 4th, the return capsule of the Shenzhou-15 manned spacecraft successfully landed at the Dongfeng landing site. Astronauts Fei Junlong, Deng Qingming, and Zhang Lu all safely and smoothly exited the spacecraft, and the Shenzhou-15 manned flight mission was a complete success. What innovative technologies are there to safeguard the return journey of Shenzhou 15 in this mission? On June 4th, the return capsule of the Shenzhou-15 manned spacecraft successfully landed at the Dongfeng landing site. Xinhua News Agency reporter Lian Zhen photographed that "the sky and the ground" ensure the high-precision return of spacecraft. For the Shenzhou series spacecraft, the return and re-entry GNC technology is directly related to the life safety of astronauts. Taking the success of this return mission as a symbol, China has comprehensively upgraded its GNC system since the Shenzhou-12 manned spacecraft, which features autonomous rapid rendezvous and docking, autonomous adaptive prediction and re-entry return guidance, and has completed a comprehensive update and replacement

The Chinese naval fleet has arrived! Assembly | Navy | Chinese Fleet
The Chinese naval fleet has arrived! Assembly | Navy | Chinese Fleet

At noon today, a Chinese naval fleet consisting of Zhanjiang and Xuchang ships arrived at the assembly area of the "Comodo-2023" multinational maritime joint exercise. It is understood that the assembly anchorage for this exercise is 3 nautical miles long and 1.5 nautical miles wide, capable of anchoring up to 50 ships. Naval vessels from various countries participating in the exercise will also arrive at the anchorage today to complete the assembly of the "Komodo 2023" multinational maritime joint exercise, which is held every two years by the Indonesian Navy. This year is already the fourth edition of the exercise. The exercise will be held from June 5th to 8th in the city of Jakarta, South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia, including the port and sea phases. In the coming days, participating navies from various countries will participate in ship reading style search and rescue exercises, maritime interception and damage management exercises, aerial exercises, and other course objectives exercises

New comment: Donkey like "morale" limit pulls US debt "bomb" fuse hard to dismantle US | debt | morale
New comment: Donkey like "morale" limit pulls US debt "bomb" fuse hard to dismantle US | debt | morale

On the evening of June 1st, the US Senate passed a bill on the federal government's debt ceiling and budget, and the flame of the US debt bomb was temporarily extinguished at the last moment. The two parties in the United States have staged an extreme tug of war over the US debt bomb. Some experts believe that the US debt crisis is the result of the reckless politics promoted by the US dollar hegemony, and the underlying cause of this crisis is the highly polarized political system of the US. Since the end of World War II, the US Congress has adjusted the debt ceiling more than a hundred times. The recurring debt crisis will not only have a catastrophic impact on the US economy and people's livelihoods, but also continuously erode the value of US dollar assets such as government credit and US bonds, bringing significant and far-reaching impacts to the global economic landscape. 【