During the May Day holiday, Toutun River Valley Forest Park, a national 4A-level scenic spot located in Toutunhe District, Urumqi City, is already full of greenery and flowers blooming into the sea, becoming a place where tourists and surrounding people compete to "check in".
It's hard to imagine that a few years ago, the place was full of garbage and overgrown with weeds.
In 2019, the 12th Division of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps launched a comprehensive treatment project along the Toutun River, focusing on strengthening the ecological restoration of the east bank of the Toutun River, with a total investment of 1 billion yuan to implement comprehensive ecological treatment of water, grass, forest, and soil. The newly added green area reached 10,000 mu.
Today, Toutun River Valley Forest Park is 26 kilometers long from north to south, with a total area of about 6.6 square kilometers and a total area of 653 hectares, of which the landscape area is 127 hectares, and the forest coverage rate has increased from 10% to 30%.
Most of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps' mission fields are built on the edge of the desert, which is an important barrier to resist wind and sand attacks and protect Xinjiang's oasis.
Over the years, the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps has adhered to the concept that clear waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets, comprehensively strengthened the construction of ecological civilization, promoted the greening of the land, and improved the living environment of urban and rural areas. Green ecological belt.
In 2021, the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps completed afforestation of more than 670,000 mu, an increase of 1.7 times over the previous year.
Completed 18,700 mu of village greening.
More than 140,000 mu of new comprehensive control area of soil erosion has been added.
Added 610,000 mu of desertified land.
(Rong Rui produced by Zhao Kai and Li Mingfei)
Responsible editor: [Liu Xian]