CCTV News: The Office of the National Greening Committee announced yesterday (March 11) the 2021 China Land Greening Status Bulletin.

The communique shows that in 2021, my country will make new progress and achievements in promoting land greening, and achieve a good start in the "14th Five-Year Plan".

  The communique made a comprehensive and systematic summary of the land greening work in 2021 from 13 aspects, including voluntary tree planting, scientific greening, key projects, wetland protection, desertification prevention and control, and international cooperation.

  In 2021, 54 million mu of afforestation will be completed nationwide, and 46 million mu of grassland will be improved by planting grass. For the first time, the task of afforestation will reach the county and land on the map above, and the completion rate of afforestation will reach 91.8%.

Organized and carried out 20 pilot and demonstration projects of land greening, and launched 5 scientific greening pilot demonstration projects in Shandong, Liaoning, Ningxia, Henan, and Chongqing.

  In addition, the forest chief system will be fully implemented in 2021, and the organizational and institutional systems of the forest chief system will be basically established in all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities.

Strengthen the supervision and inspection of forest and grassland fire prevention, and implement full-coverage package squatting guidance.

The number of forest fires, the area of ​​damaged forests, and the area of ​​damaged grasslands in the country all showed a downward trend.