Erguna National Wetland Park, the endless birch forest, the world's largest crop Taiji map, the charming town of Mengwu Shiwei Sumu... Erguna means "dedication" in Mongolian, this place with rich ecological Border cities with resources and colorful ethnic cultures are practicing the concept of green development, turning ecological "evergreen trees" into "cash cows" for increasing income.

Build the first line of defense for the ecological security barrier in northern Xinjiang

　　Erguna is known as the "miniature of Hulun Buir", with 2.09 million hectares of virgin forest, 270,000 hectares of natural grassland, "Asia's No. 1 wetland" and 81 rivers with a drainage area of ​​more than 100 square kilometers, which constitute the ecological environment of northern Xinjiang. The first line of defense for a security barrier.

　　In order to continue to protect the solid barrier of ecological security, Ergun City has put environmental protection in a more prominent position, adhered to the bottom line of development and ecology, and established and improved the evaluation and assessment system and accountability system for ecological civilization construction goals.

At the same time, a series of policies and measures such as the National Forest Land Protection Plan were introduced, which laid a solid foundation for the city's ecological civilization construction.

　　Over the past five years, the city has invested 700 million yuan in various types of funds to implement 32 ecological protection and restoration projects. The vegetation coverage reached 38.23% and 92.6% respectively, maintaining the intact ecological background of forests, grasslands, rivers and wetlands.

At the same time, within the ecological red line area, which accounts for 67.92% of the total area of ​​Hulunbuir, coordinate the management of the ecosystems of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grass and sand, resolutely abandon the development model that damages or even destroy the ecological environment, prohibit the launch of "two high" projects, and make "three districts and three lines" "As an insurmountable red line for adjusting the economic structure, planning industrial development, and promoting urbanization.

　　A series of measures have accelerated the transformation of the city's ecological environment improvement from quantitative to qualitative, and achieved the synergistic effect of pollution reduction and carbon reduction.

Green waters and green mountains continue to release ecological dividends

　　To protect the ecological environment is to protect natural value and value-added natural capital, to protect the potential and potential of economic and social development, so that green waters and lush mountains can continue to exert ecological and economic and social benefits.

　　At 7:00 in the morning, the Oluoqi Manor in Mengwu Shiwei Sumu, Erguna City, has ushered in the first batch of tourists.

Cai Jiansheng, chairman and secretary of the party committee of Ergun Shiwei Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Co., Ltd., introduced that Shiwei Agriculture and Ranch relied on the local ecological and resource advantages four years ago to try to integrate agriculture and tourism to create a pastoral complex project. Orochie Manor focuses on the development of three major industries: green ecological agriculture, leisure and cultural experience industry, and rural community health care industry.

At present, the income comes from the sales of wheat and rapeseed agricultural products, leisure experience and the health care of rural communities.

Last year, the park earned more than 5 million yuan, becoming a new growth point for the local economy.

　　It is worth mentioning that the manor promotes the resource utilization of sewage and agricultural waste through the use of modern agricultural technologies such as excellent provenance, pest control, and biochemical technology for water and fertilizer management, and the concept of circular agriculture runs through all industrial links.

　　In recent years, Erguna has been included in the second batch of national pilot projects for ecological civilization demonstration projects and the demonstration counties (cities, districts) for the concentrated contiguous protection and utilization of traditional villages in 2022, and has been awarded the “National Top 100 Deep Breathing” for five consecutive years. Small Town" and many other honors.

Ecotourism economy in full swing

　　The grasslands are green and picturesque, the forests and seas are deep, the rivers are clear and sweet, and the lakes reflect the blue sky.

With the help of the rich gifts of nature and the unique and charming folk customs, Erguna vigorously develops eco-tourism, turning the "evergreen tree" of the ecological environment into a "cash cow" for the people.

　　Erguna Wetland Nature Reserve is one of the most important breeding grounds for the world's endangered species of swan geese and red-crowned cranes. With the continuous improvement of the ecological environment, it has become an important area for bird protection in the world, attracting many tourists all year round. .

In order to better allow tourists to appreciate the beauty of the wetlands from all angles, the scenic spot has opened up an aerial tour route, and the traditional plane tour has been upgraded to a three-dimensional tour through small fixed wings and powered delta wings to meet the experience needs of tourists.

　　In order to let tourists enhance the public's sense of responsibility and mission to protect wetlands, and understand the significance and value that wetlands bring to local ecology and society.

A wetland museum with the theme of "Natural Wetland" has been established in the scenic area. Through sound, light, electricity and real scene restoration, it reflects the relationship between man and nature, man and wetland, and popularizes and promotes wetland knowledge.

　　"Come on, dear, come to this white birch forest"... The song "White Birch Forest" made more people familiar with the white birch forest, and also attracted more people to visit the white birch forest scenic spot in Erguna City.

　　Yu Kejian, operation manager of the Baihualin Scenic Spot, said that the Baihualin Ecological Reserve is a pure white birch forest with a low latitude and the largest altitude in northern my country, and its protection has been innovating and promoting.

For example, take ecological protection measures for the areas along the road to improve the ability of the road area ecosystem to resist human interference; spread the concept of environmental protection to tourists by playing environmental protection propaganda films, civilized tourism propaganda, etc., and truly implement the protection work step by step.

　　Statistics show that during the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" period, Ergun City has received a total of 22.63 million tourists (times) and achieved tourism revenue of 23 billion yuan. The concept of "two mountains" has completed the transformation of "turning cocoons into butterflies".

　　Today, this city with green as its development coordinate is constantly striving towards the goal of creating a national ecological civilization construction demonstration city and a national “two mountains” practice and innovation base, writing a magnificent chapter for the high-quality development of Inner Mongolia in the new era.

(China Economic Net reporter Yang Xiufeng Zhang Xiangcheng)