CCTV News: March 12 is Arbor Day. The reporter learned from the National Forestry and Grassland Administration that in 2024, my country will complete the land greening task of more than 100 million mu.

In 2024, more than 100 million mu of land greening tasks were completed, including afforestation of 66.69 million mu and planting and improvement of grass. The implementation area of ​​sustainable forest management has expanded to more than 10 million mu, and the quality of forests has steadily improved.

At present, my country's forest coverage rate exceeds 25%, the forest stock reaches more than 20 billion cubic meters, the comprehensive vegetation coverage of grassland is stable at more than 50%, and the area of ​​artificial forests ranks first in the world. The battle of the "Three Norths" project to expand greening in the north is progressing in an orderly manner

The reporter learned from the National Forestry and Grassland Administration that in 2025, my country plans to complete more than 100 million mu of land greening tasks, and accelerate the construction of a new pattern of "expanding greening in the north and improving quality in the south". In the northern region, large-scale afforestation and grass planting will be carried out to increase the greening area with the "Three Norths" project as the guide.

Located in Cele, Xinjiang, located on the southern edge of the Taklamakan Desert, local cadres and masses are busy planting red dates and saxalas, laying droppers, and advancing towards the heart of the desert.

As a pioneer unit, a tractor installed with the Beidou navigation system is digging trenches along the coordinates. The driver only needs to modify the operating instructions and do not need to drive the entire journey.

After the groove is opened, auger drilling rigs start to operate. With the completion of basic work such as land leveling, well digging, and laying irrigation pipelines, crops such as red dates, sand dates, red willows, and saxaul have also begun to be planted.

Inner Mongolia's "Three Norths" battle missions account for nearly half of the country. At present, the 420-kilometer-long yellow-locked forest and grass belt on the northern edge of the Kubuqi Desert has entered the decisive battle period.

In order to more accurately evaluate the governance effect, the local area uses the "sky-ground integration" monitoring system, and real-time monitoring through satellite remote sensing and drone multi-spectral sensors, the error is accurate to within 3 meters, providing strong support for scientific decision-making.

In 2025, more than 240 projects have been arranged for the "Three Norths" project battle, and 20.9 billion yuan of central funds have been allocated to ensure timely start of construction and build a solid green Great Wall in the northern Xinjiang. Improve quality in the south and optimize and adjust the tree species structure

In 2025, the land greening in the southern region will focus on improving the quality and function of forests and other ecosystems through measures such as replanting precious seedlings on the basis of maintaining the existing greening area.

Staff are replanting nanmu and yew in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. In 2025, 580,000 precious seedlings will be scientifically cultivated to accurately improve forest quality, improve water conservation and carbon sequestration and increase capacity.

In order to improve the quality and function of forest ecosystems, Xishan Forest Farm must replant hundreds of thousands of precious seedlings every year. This 57.4-acre high-standard nursery base in front of you is an ecological demonstration base for forest farms to build "green chips".

Now, the forest farm has achieved localization of precious seedlings, and more than 1 million seedlings are bred every year. Through scientific replanting of precious local seedlings such as nanmu, yew, and beech, the forest coverage rate of the forest farm has reached 87.95%, and the soil erosion has decreased by 60%.

While improving forest quality, many places are also working hard to transform green waters and green mountains into gold and silver mountains. In Anren County, the local area has converted 150,000 mu of low-quality forest land into "economic forest and medicine composite space", and at the same time has led 62 cooperatives to standardize the planting of Chinese medicinal materials.

In 2025, my country will give full play to the advantages of good hydrothermal conditions and wide distribution of precious tree species in the southeast coast, the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, the southwest mountainous areas and other regions, vigorously cultivate precious tree species, and improve the diversity, stability and sustainability of forest ecosystems.