404 million mu of grassland in Inner Mongolia is "turned off", benefiting millions of farmers and herdsmen

　　China News Service, Hulunbuir, June 25 (Reporter Li Aiping) In the 2022 Inner Mongolia grassland law popularization campaign held here on the 25th, officials disclosed that at present, 404 million mu of grassland in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region is "restored and recuperated" through grazing prohibition every year.

　　According to external sources from the Forestry and Grassland Bureau of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, in recent years, Inner Mongolia officials have attached great importance to ecosystem protection. The comprehensive vegetation coverage of the local grasslands has reached 45%, and the average annual grass planting task is 30 million mu. In Inner Mongolia, 404 million mu of grasslands pass through each year. The prohibition of grazing allowed them to recuperate, and 616 million mu of grassland was used rationally through the balance of grass and livestock, benefiting more than 1.4 million farmers and herdsmen.

　　According to official data, the grassland area in Inner Mongolia accounts for 46% of the local land area, which is four times the local arable land and twice the forest land.

As an important ecological area in China, the Inner Mongolia prairie has a pivotal strategic position in maintaining national ecological security, border stability, and increasing the income of farmers and herdsmen.

　　According to information from the government of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, in 2022, the government will adhere to the systematic management of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grasses and sands, take the protection of grasslands and forests as the primary task, implement the balance system of grass and livestock, and strengthen the prevention and control of forest and grass disasters.

　　The Hulun Buir grassland, which is called "the most beautiful grassland in China" by the outside world, in recent years, the local government has fully implemented the basic grassland protection system, the grass and animal balance system and the grazing prohibition system in accordance with the law, and has built a well-off society for the local area. A unique new way of grassland ecological protection and restoration.

　　Ying Hongju, a representative of the People's Congress of Inner Mongolia, previously said that a good ecological environment is not only pleasant, but also the most important part of regional economic development, which can play a good role in attracting investment.

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