Beautiful China in the mind of the general secretary · Sha
Do not bow your head in the face of difficulties and dare to turn the desert into an oasis
"To coordinate the management of landscapes, forests, fields, lakes, grass and sand systems, the word 'sand' should be added here."
General Secretary Xi Jinping has repeatedly emphasized "coordinating the management of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes and grasslands".
During the National Two Sessions in 2021, when General Secretary Xi Jinping talked about "protecting the ecological environment of Inner Mongolia and building a strong ecological security barrier in the north of the motherland", he specifically included the issue of sand control.
"Desertification is a severe challenge faced by the world. Desertification control is a great cause of human merit in the present and future generations."
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, under the guidance of Xi Jinping's ecological civilization thought, my country has successfully curbed the expansion of desertification.
From the yellow sand flying in the sky to the endless green shade, from the persistence of generations, to the Three North Shelterbelt, Beijing-Tianjin sandstorm source control, natural forest protection, returning farmland to forests and grasslands and other national key ecological projects continue to advance. The historic transition from "sand retreating" to "green advancing and sand retreating", China is becoming a new benchmark for global desert ecological governance.
The green spreading in the sand sea has become a vivid footnote of beautiful China.
Inherit the spirit
From "sand into the sand" to "green into the sand and retreat"
In the long yellow sand, seeking a green living space is a material struggle, and it is a spiritual confrontation.
On August 21, 2019, General Secretary Xi Jinping, who was inspecting Gansu, walked along the gravel road and came to Babu Sand Forest Farm.
Babu Sand Forest Site is located on the southern edge of the Tengger Desert. In the past, sandstorms were raging here, swallowing farmland and villages at a speed of 7.5 meters per year.
In the early 1980s, six local old men put their fingerprints on the contract and vowed to exchange their white hair for an oasis.
The three generations of employees of Babu Sand Forest Farm represented by the "six old men" continued to work hard and wrote a green chapter from "sand forced people to retreat" to "people enter the sand and retreat".
Walking into the forest farm and seeing patches of green space emerging from the yellow sand, General Secretary Xi Jinping was very happy: "China has built the world's largest artificial forest, making great contributions to global ecological protection. Especially after the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China , the concept of green development is more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.”
"The new era needs more contemporary idiots like the 'six old men' and role models of the times." General Secretary Xi Jinping praised, "We must continue to carry forward the contemporary idiot spirit of the 'six old men', and carry forward their not bowing their heads in the face of difficulties and daring to take it upon themselves. The enterprising spirit of turning the desert into an oasis, make persistent efforts and make new contributions for a long time to make the green Great Wall indestructible."
scientific governance
The "Chinese Rubik's Cube" imprisoned in quicksand
The former Ningxia Baijitan Forest Farm was full of yellow sand, barren and dilapidated.
After experimenting again and again, the sand control people in Ningxia finally found a successful measure to tie the "Huanglong" - the Zhami grass square.
In 2008, Xi Jinping, the then vice-president of the state, came to Ningxia for inspection. Facing the endless grid of wheat straw, he tightly held the hand of Wang Youde, the "hero of desert control", and said, "I'm here to learn from you."
You guys have contributed a lot here, it's amazing.
Comrade Xi Jinping followed Wang Youde to the sand dunes.
"This is an ordinary and great cause, and it also strengthens our determination to control desertification. We will fully support your cause." Comrade Xi Jinping said to the surrounding sand control people.
The "wheat grass square" sand-fixing method was once famous all over the world and was known as the "Chinese Rubik's Cube", which is just a microcosm of China's original sand control experience.
Building terraces, dams, and reservoirs, planting trees to prevent wind and sand, diverting water and pulling sand to create fertile fields; "wearing boots, wearing hats, sticking seals, and tying belts" scientific forestry; "locking and fixing sand" "auger planting method" " Water-Saving Container Planting"...
Sand control is a complex and systematic project.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the top-level design of desertification control has been continuously improved.
Major plans such as "Opinions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on Accelerating the Construction of Ecological Civilization", "National Desert Park Development Plan (2016-2025)", and "Sandified Land Sealing, Protection and Restoration System Plan" have been intensively introduced...
The Three-North Shelterbelt System Construction Project, the Project of Returning Farmland to Forest and Grassland, and the Beijing-Tianjin Sandstorm Source Control Project are green and sandy; sheep"……
China has become the first country in the world to achieve land degradation neutrality.
good life
Dry sand becomes golden sand
"The Kubuqi Desert Governance provides China's experience for the international community to manage the environmental ecology and implement the 2030 Agenda." President Xi Jinping pointed out in his congratulatory letter to the 7th Kubuqi International Desert Forum.
Under the sky, photovoltaic panels are spread out neatly, forming a vast ocean.
When the wind blows, the greenery under the photovoltaic panels is surging and full of life.
Looking around, I saw yellow sand.
This is the Kubuqi photovoltaic desertification demonstration base in Inner Mongolia.
Taking advantage of abundant light resources, Kubuqi has created a new model of photovoltaic desertification control, which not only realizes desert land management, but also delivers clean energy, becoming a green power base and "vegetable basket" in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei.
Sand control is not only a problem of survival, but also a problem of development.
On the land of China, green fruits are everywhere, and the yellow sand of the past has changed into a new look.
In Zhangye, Gansu, the forest and fruit industry in sandy areas is developed on the basis of ecological construction in sandy areas and on the premise of water-saving irrigation; in Shannan, Tibet, in recent years, enterprises have been introduced to adopt the model of “ecological sand control + industrial development + income increase”. The construction of modern agriculture and animal husbandry demonstration bases and other projects on the north bank of the Yarlung Zangbo River has created more than 1,000 jobs...
Sand prevention and control, galloping, long-term efforts.
Planning: Wen Hongyan Ye Zhen Zhen Luo Hua Du Shangze
Coordinator: Zhang Wei, Li Xiang, Zhou He
Text: Ma Yuan
Video Editor: Yan Chuan Jiyu Zhao Gang Shi Lifeng
Visual Design: Ma Ting