my country's forest area and forest stock volume have maintained double growth for 30 consecutive years (new data and new highlights)

  Our newspaper, Xianyang, June 11 (Reporter Gao Yuncai) The reporter learned from the national local forestry activity exchange symposium: my country's forest area and forest stock volume have maintained "double growth" for 30 consecutive years.

During the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, my country has afforested a total of 545 million mu, with a forest coverage rate of 23.04%, a forest stock volume of 17.5 billion cubic meters, and a forest area of ​​220 million hectares.

  It is reported that from 2000 to 2017, about a quarter of the newly added green area in the world came from China, and China's contribution ratio ranks first in the world.

In 2020, my country will complete 6.77 million hectares of afforestation, 8.37 million hectares of forest tending, and 2.83 million hectares of grassland improved by planting grass.

Increasing forest area, improving forest quality, and increasing the increase in ecosystem carbon sinks will make greater contributions to my country's carbon peak, carbon neutral goal, and maintenance of global ecological security.

  The General Office of the State Council recently issued the "Guiding Opinions on Scientific Greening" clearly stated that the implementation of forest quality precision improvement projects, increase forest tending and restoration of degraded forests, optimize forest structure and functions, and improve the quality, stability and carbon sink of forest ecosystems ability.

In 2030, my country's forest stock volume will increase by 6 billion cubic meters over 2005.

  Over the past 22 years, the country has continued to carry out ecological civilization construction activities, promoted the high-quality development of national land greening, and continued to focus on the construction of forest cities.

  Under the unified deployment of the Party Central Committee, and under the joint efforts of the national and local CPPCC and relevant departments, the focus on forest activities has yielded fruitful results.

  Forest city construction is an important carrier that pays attention to forest activities for the longest duration and the greatest impact. It has been carried out for 18 years and has now been awarded to 194 national forest cities. 22 provinces have carried out upgraded forest city construction and built a Batch forest townships and forest villages.