"I am very happy to plant trees with my classmates at this time every year." For ten consecutive years, General Secretary Xi Jinping has planted greenery with his own hands every spring.

Between tree plantings, he always communicates cordially with the Young Pioneers beside him.

　　On April 8, 2019, General Secretary Xi Jinping came to the tree-planting site in Yongshun Town, Tongzhou District, Beijing to plant trees.

After the event, the children present excitedly crowded around the General Secretary.

　　Seeing the children, the general secretary's face was filled with joy and love: "I will often come to plant trees in the future! You are like little saplings, I wish you all the best of luck!" "Strengthen outdoor sports and extracurricular activities, 'civilize its spirit' , savage his physique'."

　　The warm words are like a trickle, moistening the hearts of the "little saplings".

　　"Grandpa Xi led us to plant trees and called on us to work more from childhood, be a little environmental protection guard, and be a responsible little citizen." Song Zhixuan, who was studying at Gongyuan Primary School in Tongzhou District, Beijing, remembered Grandpa Xi's entrustment and is now a junior high school student. She has integrated the care of the ecological environment into her daily life.

　　In 2015, General Secretary Xi Jinping specially made important instructions to request that when planting trees, "primary students should not be selected from the whole city, but organize several classes nearby to participate, and not one child will be left behind. Children are naturally lively, and it doesn't matter if they play while planting trees, the main thing is to cultivate love. Awareness of labor and landscaping”.

　　That year, according to the location of the tree-planting site in Sunhe Township, Chaoyang District, Beijing, more than 100 students from three classes in the fifth grade of Nanhu Zhongyuan Primary School in Wangjing participated in the tree-planting activity with their own buckets.

　　Seeing the children planting trees, the general secretary was very happy, pointed to the white bark pine beside him, smiled and said to the children, "Let's plant trees together."

　　"Be careful with your hands." "Slow down, slow down, don't shovel your feet." Seeing that the children were unskilled, the general secretary reminded them with concern.

　　In the past ten years, the Yongding River, Tuancheng Lake, Daxing New City Urban Leisure Park and other places have left a warm figure of General Secretary Xi Jinping working and communicating with the children.

　　Seeing the children planting saplings, the general secretary said earnestly: "10 years later, 20 years later, you can go back to this place to see how the saplings you planted with your own hands have grown. meaningful things."

　　When planting trees, the general secretary kindly asked the children about their study and living conditions while working, and instructed them to "cultivate the awareness of loving green, planting green and protecting green, ecological and environmental protection, and saving and thrifty from an early age."

　　When we planted a tree, and the young pioneers carried buckets for watering the planted saplings, the general secretary said to the children: "This is us watering the saplings together, and in fact we are also watering you. This is called nurturing, nurturing the younger generation. "I have straightened it since I was a child."

　　With cordial care and earnest teaching, General Secretary Xi Jinping's "down-to-earth" ecological civilization labor lessons have taken root in the hearts of children.

　　"I learned that I can't get something for nothing. I have to rely on my own hands to create the future. Planting trees can make the world more beautiful and the air fresher." Yang Tianqing said.

　　"When I grow up, the small tree we planted with Grandpa Xi will also grow into a big tree." Fang Shiyi said.

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　　Trees in ten years, people in a hundred years.

　　After the tree planting event in 2021, a group of young pioneers gathered around, reluctant to part.

The general secretary looked at the cute and childish smiling faces and asked earnestly: "We will now reach the middle of this century and build a powerful socialist country with Chinese characteristics in 30 years. You are ten years old now, and then you will be forty years old. National pillars !"

　　"Promote the sowing of the seeds of ecological civilization in the whole society, especially in the hearts of young people" "Don't do good things in small ways, start from bit by bit, and strive to grow into useful talents needed by the party and the people"... 2022, Standing on this fertile soil brimming with vitality, General Secretary Xi Jinping's words are meaningful.

　　Time is a faithful recorder, engraving the progress of those in power.

Since April 18, Xinhua News Agency has opened the "Warm Moments from the Close-Up Lens" column, carefully selecting the wonderful moments of General Secretary Xi Jinping's governance since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and telling the warm stories behind each photo.

　　Chief planner: Fu Hua, Lv Yansong

　　Director system: Zhang Sutang

　　Planning: Sun Chengbin and Chen Erhou

　　Producer: Zhao Cheng Liu Jie Sun Zhiping Li Jun Huo Xiaoguang Lai Xiangdong Fan Hua Chang Ailing

　　Coordination: Li Zhongfa Wu Dan Huang Yue

　　Text: Huang Yue Qiqi

　　Photography: Ju Peng

　　Audio: Wu Wei Ling He Li

　　Visual: Bi Xiaoyang Li Jing

　　Design: Jiao Xufeng Yin Zhe Lunma Development

　　Coordinator: Hu Ruohan and Wang Xiaojiao

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　　Produced by the first studio of Xinhua News Agency