Xi Jinping: Promote the greening of the country and continue to achieve tangible results

Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, emphasized when participating in the voluntary tree planting activities in the capital on the morning of the 8th that it is necessary to carry forward the Chinese nation's good tradition of tree planting and tree protection. Large-scale land greening operations have continuously achieved tangible results in promoting land greening.

Spring dyed the earth, vitality. At about 10:30 in the morning, party and state leaders Xi Jinping, Li Zhanshu, Wang Yang, Wang Huning, Zhao Leji, Han Zheng, Wang Qishan and others collectively drove to Yongshun Town, Tongzhou District, Beijing, and participated in voluntary tree planting activities with the people in the capital.

The tree planting site is located in the Green Heart Urban Forest Park, the sub-center of Beijing, with an area of about 500 mu. This plot was originally built with chemical plants and other facilities. After demolition and retreat, it will be used for greening construction. In the future, it will become a place for people to relax and relax.

As soon as he got off the bus, Xi Jinping picked up his shovel and walked to the tree planting site. The cadres and masses who were planting trees here greeted the General Secretary when they saw him coming. Xi Jinping waved to everyone, and then got busy with the responsible comrades of Beijing, the State Forestry and Grassland Administration, as well as the cadres and the masses of the capital, and the young pioneers, shoveling soil and watering the cofferdam.

Pinus tabulaeformis, Sophora japonica, Platycladus orientalis, Magnolia, Redwood, Peach ...... Xi Jinping planted 7 saplings in succession. While working, he asked the young pioneers around him about their study, life and physical exercise, and urged them to develop the awareness of caring for nature and protecting the environment from an early age, and use their own hands to build a more beautiful motherland, and wish them to thrive like young saplings.

The scene of tree planting was in full swing. The leading comrades participating in the labor work together with everyone to support the seedlings and cultivate the soil, carry buckets for watering, and from time to time exchange views with the cadres and the masses around them on strengthening ecological protection and adhering to green development.

During the planting interval, Xi Jinping had a cordial conversation with the cadres and masses present. He pointed out that this year marks the 40th anniversary of the establishment of New China's Arbor Day. In the past 40 years, my country's forest area and forest accumulation have doubled respectively. The area of artificial forests ranks first in the world, and my country's contribution to global vegetation growth ranks first in the world. At the same time, China's ecological debts are still very large, lack of forest and green, ecological fragility is still a problem that needs to be solved with great efforts.

Xi Jinping stressed that the Chinese nation has a good tradition of loving, planting and protecting trees since ancient times. Everyone gathered firewood and the flames were high, and everyone planted trees into forests. It is necessary to mobilize the whole country, the whole people, and the whole society to participate together, and leading cadres at all levels should take the lead in setting an example and persevere in planting trees voluntarily. It is necessary to practice the concept that green water and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains, promote the high-quality development of land greening, coordinate the management of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes and grasses, and further promote large-scale land greening actions according to local conditions, continue to promote the construction of forest cities and forest villages, and strive to improve the living environment. To achieve evergreen in all seasons and flowers in all seasons, develop a green economy, strengthen forest management and promote land greening.

Source: Xinhua