China News Agency, Beijing, March 12th (Reporter Chen Su) March 12th is China's Arbor Day. The "2022 China Land Greening Status Bulletin" (hereinafter referred to as the "Gazette") released by the Office of the National Afforestation Committee on the same day shows that in 2022 China has completed 3.83 million hectares of afforestation, 3.214 million hectares of improved grass, and 1.8473 million hectares of sandy and rocky desertification land.

　　The "Gazette" shows that in 2022, China will coordinate and promote the management of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grass and sand systems, and scientifically carry out large-scale land greening actions, which have achieved remarkable results.

262 various conscientious activities of "Internet + National Voluntary Tree Planting" were released throughout the year.

At present, China has a forest area of ​​231 million hectares, with a forest coverage rate of 24.02%, a grassland area of ​​265 million hectares, and a comprehensive grassland vegetation coverage of 50.32%.

　　The "Communication" shows that China's scientific greening continues to advance in depth. In 2022, China will issue the "National Land Greening Planning Outline (2022-2030)" to carry out afforestation and greening space suitability assessments.

In the whole year, 1.2 million hectares of artificial forests were planted, 170,000 hectares of aerial seeding afforestation, 1.04 million hectares of mountains were closed for afforestation, and 1.42 million hectares of degraded forests were restored.

The new soil erosion control area was 63,000 square kilometers, and 496 ecologically clean small watersheds were created.

The construction of comprehensive demonstration areas for desertification prevention and control has been carried out in 7 provinces and autonomous regions.

　　The "Gazette" shows that in 2022, China's urban and rural greening and beautification will be promoted simultaneously, and 26 cities will be awarded the title of "National Forest City", and the number of national forest cities in the country will reach 218.

More than 100 cities have carried out the construction of national garden cities, and 3,520 "pocket parks" have been built across the country.

The "14th Five-Year Plan" Rural Greening and Beautification Action Plan was issued.

The road greening mileage was nearly 100,000 kilometers throughout the year, and the greening rate of railway lines reached 87.32%.

The construction of green ecological corridors along rivers and lakes continues to advance.

　　The "Communication" pointed out that China's greening quality and management level have gradually improved.

In 2022, fully implement the responsibility for natural forest management and protection, so that 172 million hectares of natural forests will be effectively protected.

462,000 hectares of national reserve forest construction tasks were completed.

Implement 310 pilot units for sustainable forest management, and the pilot task area in 2023 will be 172,000 hectares.

The annual production of forest seeds was 16.34 million kilograms, and the utilization rate of green varieties reached 65%.

Carry out the pilot construction of forestry carbon sequestration in cities (counties) and state-owned forest farms.

The forest chief system has been established in an all-round way, with nearly 1.2 million forest chiefs at all levels.

　　While the protection of forest and grass resources has achieved remarkable results, the "Communication" shows that new achievements have been made in ecological beauty and people's prosperity.

In 2022, the total output value of China's forest and grass industry will reach 8.37 trillion yuan, and the import and export trade volume of forest products will reach 191 billion US dollars.

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