When Xi Jinping participated in the voluntary tree planting activities in the capital, he emphasized that all people should plant trees and increase greening to build a beautiful China together.

Xi Jinping emphasized when participating in voluntary tree planting activities in the capital

All people plant trees and add greenery to build a beautiful China

Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qiding, Xue Xiang, Li Xi, Han Zheng participated

　　Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, April 3. Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, emphasized when participating in the voluntary tree planting activities in the capital on the morning of the 3rd that before and after the Qingming Festival, the land of China is full of vitality, and it is a good time to plant trees. Today we plant trees together to call on everyone to take action and actively participate in afforestation. Everyone strives to be a green messenger and an ecological pioneer, adding green color to the construction of a beautiful China, and jointly writing a new chapter of Chinese modernization in which man and nature coexist harmoniously. .

　　In the suburbs of Beijing, spring is in full swing. At about 10:40 in the morning, party and state leaders Xi Jinping, Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang, Li Xi, Han Zheng and others collectively took a bus to Lucheng Town, Tongzhou District, Beijing to participate in voluntary activities with the people in the capital. Plant trees.

　　The tree planting site is located at the junction of Tongzhou District in Beijing and Beisan County in Langfang City, Hebei Province. It is located on the Chaobai River in the first cross-border forest park in Beijing and Hebei, and has good waterfront ecological conditions.

　　Seeing the General Secretary coming, the cadres and the masses who were planting trees warmly greeted the General Secretary. Xi Jinping waved to everyone, picked up the shovel and walked to the tree planting site, where he got busy with responsible comrades from the Beijing Municipality and the National Forestry and Grassland Administration, as well as cadres, masses and young pioneers in the capital.

　　Using a shovel to shovel soil, build cofferdams, and lift water for irrigation... Xi Jinping planted many saplings such as Chinese pine, cotinus, maple, cherry, red-leaf betau, and Platycladus arborvitae. While planting trees, Xi Jinping asked about the children's study, life, and work exercises. He emphasized that the majority of young people are the future of the motherland. They should actively participate in labor and plant trees since childhood, plant green seeds in their hearts, develop a sense of respect and love for nature, study diligently, exercise, and thrive, with moral, intellectual, and physical beauty. We will strive to develop our workforce in an all-round way and strive to become a pillar of the country. The tree planting site was full of lively work. The leading comrades worked with everyone to cultivate the soil and water the trees, and the atmosphere was lively.

　　During the tree planting, Xi Jinping had a cordial conversation with the cadres and the masses present. He said that after working for the central government, he had participated in voluntary tree planting activities in the capital for 17 consecutive years. He pointed out that this year marks the 45th anniversary of the Arbor Day in New China. People across the country have persisted in afforestation, turning barren mountains into beautiful scenery and transforming deserts into oases. Their achievements have attracted worldwide attention. At the same time, it should be noted that the problem of lack of forests and greenery in our country is still prominent, and the role of forests as a "treasure house" is not fully played. Adding green is adding advantages, and planting trees is planting the future. We must plant one crop after another, one generation after another, and continue to thicken our "green family background."

　　Xi Jinping emphasized that to green the motherland, we must simultaneously expand green, develop green, and protect green. Expanding greening means scientifically promoting large-scale land greening, planting trees in the right place and using the right method at the right time. To promote greening, we need to focus on quality and efficiency, expand the path for transforming green waters and green mountains into mountains of gold and silver, promote better linkage of the forest's "reservoir, money bank, grain bank, and carbon bank" to achieve the unification of ecological, economic and social benefits. . Protecting green means strengthening the protection of forest and grass resources, doing a good job in preventing and extinguishing fires, carrying out in-depth investigation and rectification of major hidden dangers, and protecting the hard-won greening achievements. The Three Norths region is the main battlefield for land greening, and more efforts should be concentrated on the construction of the "Three Norths" project to build a solid green Great Wall in northern Xinjiang.

　　Xi Jinping pointed out that greening the motherland requires everyone to fulfill their responsibilities. It is necessary to unblock the channels for mass participation, innovate forms of responsibility, give full play to the role of forest growers, mobilize all forces, and promote the continuous deepening and solidification of voluntary tree planting by all people.

　　Members of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, members of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, and State Councilors in Beijing participated in the tree planting activities.