Yichun, 5 May (Zhongxin Net) -- "In order to turn 'green water and green mountains' into 'golden mountains and silver mountains,' we must first strive to build or restore the excellent ecological environment of green waters and green mountains, and then strive to arrange, operate, and manage well the natural complex of green waters and green mountains, so that it can play its strongest functions and achieve maximum benefits, and then we can obtain real gold and silver mountains." At the 25 "Two Mountains" Wealth Seminar, which closed on the 24th, Shen Guofang, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, former vice president of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and former president of Beijing Forestry University, said.
Yichun is the earliest developed and earliest key state-owned forest area in China, known as the "forest capital of the motherland", "the hometown of red pine" and "natural oxygen bar". In order to deeply practice the concept of "green water and green mountains are gold and silver mountains, and ice and snow are also gold and silver mountains" and shoulder the responsibility of maintaining national ecological security, in December 2021, Yichun City established May 12 as "Yichun Ecological Day" every year.
As one of the 2023nd "Yichun Ecological Day" series of activities, the 500 "Two Mountains" Wealth Seminar was hosted by the China Forestry Industry Federation, the Chinese Forestry Society, and the National Innovation Alliance for the Development of the Forestry Ecological Economy of the State Forestry and Grassland Administration. More than <> people, including experts and scholars, business people, and heads of financial institutions from forestry and grass industries and fields, discussed and promoted the transformation of green waters and green mountains into gold and silver mountains around the theme of "practicing the concept of 'two mountains' and promoting forestry modernization", and opened a new journey of Chinese-style modern forestry development.
Shen Guofang, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, former vice president of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and former president of Beijing Forestry University, delivered a keynote speech at the seminar. Photo by Sun Hanlun
"The under-forest economy can be an important supplement to the forest area economy, but it is unlikely to become mainstream in the overall situation." At the seminar, Shen Guofang said that a well-managed understory economy can produce huge economic benefits, but this is often the advantage of local regions or units. In addition, the development of under-forest economy should pay attention to whether it can promote forest growth or cause forest degradation. Carrying out eco-tourism and health care is the most prominent way to turn green water and green mountains into golden mountains and silver mountains, through which it is easy to take into account the ecological and economic benefits of forest ecosystems, and if managed properly, the benefits of the tourism and health care service industry through tickets and tourism and health care services may also be very high.
Shen Guofang said that it is not advisable to replace "management" with "banning", and it is necessary to manage the natural ecosystem in a balanced and coordinated manner, so that it can achieve good ecological benefits, as well as considerable economic and social benefits, achieve sustainable development goals, and strive for the best comprehensive benefits.
The 2023 "Two Mountains" Wealth Seminar was held in Yichun City, Heilongjiang Province. Photo by Sun Hanlun
"The total output value of China's forestry industry reached 2021.8 trillion yuan in 68, making it the world's largest country in the production, trade and consumption of forest products for 10 consecutive years." At the seminar, Feng Jiaping, executive vice president of the China Forestry Industry Federation and former chief engineer of the State Forestry Administration, took New Zealand and Brazil as examples, saying that the selection of high-economic value tree species is the primary issue in the modernization of forestry, and the transformation of timber economy to bioeconomy is an important direction for the modernization of forestry industry.
"The comprehensive utilization value of forest plants is very high, and the wood, flowers and fruits and leaf bark of many tree species can produce benefits." Feng Jiaping said that Yichun's red pine is a very good product, a company in Chengde, Hebei Province uses pine needles to make negative oxygen ion generator, add the generator to the humidifier, about 5 minutes, the negative oxygen ion content in the house will rise. If the liquid is added to furniture and decoration materials, the home will always maintain a high content of negative oxygen ions, so that the value of pine fruits and leaves may exceed the value of wood.
"The future forestry economy is a bioeconomy, we must break the limitation of using wood alone, take bioutilization as the vision, strengthen research and development, select tree species, and open up the future of modern forestry biological capacity." Feng Jiaping said.
At the seminar, Song Weiming, former president of Beijing Forestry University and expert of China Forestry Federation, Chen Shaozhi, vice president of the Chinese Academy of Forestry, and Tang Xiaoping, president of the National Park Research Institute, gave keynote speeches on the topics of "Developing Emerging Forestry Industries and Promoting Forestry Modernization", "Three Questions Solving Path of Forest Areas Based on the Value Realization of Ecological Products" and "Establishment of National Parks". (End)