Learn from the past, follow the general secretary to learn the history|Helan Mountain: the battle of ecological defense in the past

  General Secretary Xi Jinping, who is currently investigating in Ningxia, came to Helan County Daoyu Space Village Ecological Sightseeing Garden and Helan Mountain Piedmont Grape Plantation on the 9th to learn about the local development of characteristic agricultural industries and strengthening the ecological protection of Helan Mountain.

  The Helan Mountainous Area, which spans Ningxia and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regions, plays a pivotal role in wind protection and sand consolidation, water conservation, and biodiversity maintenance. It is vital to the ecological security of Ningxia, Northwest China, and even the country.

Citizens in Helan Mountain National Forest Park (Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Feng Kaihua)

  Historically, Helan Mountain, as a pass stronghold, was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and was once a battleground for soldiers.

  Due to the rich accumulation of coal, silica and other resources, since the 1950s, large-scale disordered mining activities have been carried out in Helan Mountain, leaving gullies and ruined mountains.

  Faced with the increasingly fragile ecological environment, a new battle was launched on the land of former battles—the battle of ecological protection!

The once-drenched land in the non-exploitation area of ​​Helan Mountain (photo by Wang Guangzhuang, Xinhua News Agency)

  Regarding the ecological protection of Helan Mountain and the entire Ningxia, General Secretary Xi Jinping has always been thinking about it, thinking deeply:

  ——"Ningxia, as an important ecological security barrier in the Northwest, undertakes the important mission of maintaining ecological security in the Northwest and even the whole country."

  ——"Ningxia's ecological environment has its fragile side, and the construction of ecological environmental protection must be persistent."

  ——"Behavior that destroys the ecological environment must be held back until the problem is completely resolved"...

  The words are so great that they blew the horn of the Helan Mountain Ecological Defense War.

Sun Guoliang, a forest ranger from Helan Mountain in Ningxia, patrols the mountain in the forest protection area (Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Peng)

  In May 2017, Ningxia officially launched the "Helan Mountain Ecological Defense War", and comprehensively carried out a comprehensive ecological environment renovation of 169 remediation sites over a year;

  In 2018, Ningxia issued funds for key ecological restoration, protection and management projects in 2019, and officially launched the pilot project of ecological protection and restoration projects for the mountains, rivers, forests, and lakes in Helan Mountain, Ningxia;

  In May 2019, Ningxia issued the "Helan Mountain Eco-environmental Comprehensive Rehabilitation and Rehabilitation Work Plan", which requires the establishment of a long-term ecological environment protection mechanism in Helan Mountain, and gradually restores Helan Mountain's natural ecological background.

  Blocking mine holes, backfilling mine pits, demolishing buildings, planting trees and grass... Ecological restoration requires the determination of a "strong man's broken wrist".

  The clear blue sky, the greenery in the midsummer, and the running rock sheep... Nowadays, the Helan Mountain can see the outstanding results of the ecological defense battle everywhere.

Rock sheep in Helan Mountain National Nature Reserve (Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Feng Kaihua)

  General Secretary Xi Jinping's visit to Helan Mountain this time demonstrates his consistent concern for the great event of ecological civilization construction.

  Judging from the itinerary of the general secretary this year, we will revisit Anjiyu Village in Zhejiang in March, walk into the depths of Qinling in Shaanxi in April, and learn about the results of comprehensive governance of the river basin in Fenhe, Shanxi in May. In almost every survey, the general secretary has placed an important position on ecological environment protection.

  At the recent two National Conferences, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized when participating in the Inner Mongolia delegation's deliberations, "We must maintain the strategic determination to strengthen the construction of ecological civilization, firmly establish the orientation of ecological priority and green development, and continue to defend the blue sky, clear water and pure land. war".

  Going far, asking questions and looking at details, the mountains, rivers and mountains of China show the general secretary Xi Jinping's feelings about the sustainable development of the Chinese nation.

  Footprints, sentences, and requirements, the green waters and mountains of the motherland are long-standing concerns of the general secretary.

Xi Jinping participated in the deliberations of the Inner Mongolia delegation (photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Ju Peng)

  Those who do not seek the overall situation are not enough to seek a domain.

  The butterfly change in Helan Mountain is also the epitome of the continuous advancement of ecological and environmental protection in Ningxia and even the whole country.

  Establish an annual scoring system for violations of corporate environmental laws and regulations, fully implement the ecological protection and restoration projects in the Ningxia section of the Yellow River Basin, focus on the "three mountains and one river" of Liupan Mountain, Helan Mountain, Luoshan and the Yellow River to plan and implement ecological protection and restoration management projects... Guan Guanjuan, the beautiful scenery of Baiyun's house beyond the green sky is no longer far away.

Shahu Scenic Area, Pingluo County, Shizuishan City, Ningxia (Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Feng Kaihua)

  Since the Eighteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee has included ecological civilization construction in the overall layout of the "five in one", included "protecting the ecological environment" as a comprehensive rule of law, and included "ecological civilization" in the constitution... Advancement, the harmonious coexistence of man and nature has become a social consensus.

  From the waves of Songtao in the Xing'an Mountains, to the source of the Three Rivers in the snowy plateau; from the sand control legend of the "economic oasis" in the Kubuqi Desert in Inner Mongolia, to the successful practice of the "Thousand Village Demonstration and Ten Thousand Village Renovation" project in Zhejiang... The land of China is already green, and new pictures of beautiful China are slowly unfolding.

Green Heling Mountain in Ningxia (Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Peng)

  People will live up to the mountains, and the mountains will live up to them!

  Helan Mountain, a towering mountain range that bears history and writes the present, will surely achieve a greener future under the guidance of new development concepts; this mine that once shed black "blood and tears" is witnessing "green water" "Qingshan is Jinshan and Yinshan".

  Planning: Huo Xiaoguang

  Producer: Che Yuming, Zhang Xiaosong, Ju Peng

  Coordinator: Du Yu

  Main pen: Wang Peng

  Vision|Editor: Miao Xiayang