CCTV News (News Network): March 12 is Arbor Day. All localities are earnestly practicing Xi Jinping's ecological civilization thought, adding green color to the construction of a beautiful China, and jointly writing a new chapter of Chinese-style modernization in the harmonious coexistence of man and nature.

The grass and trees are blooming, the spring mountains are visible, and the vast land of China ushers in a good season for afforestation.

In Cele, Xinjiang, located on the southern edge of the Taklamakan Desert, local people are planting tree shrubs such as red dates and saxony. This year, 527,800 mu of sand control will be completed to build a green barrier on the edge of the desert.

The staff of Hunan Linwu Xishan State-owned Forest Farm, located in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, are replanting nanmu and yew. This year, 580,000 precious seedlings will be scientifically cultivated to accurately improve forest quality, improve water conservation and carbon sequestration and increase capacity.

From south to north, new greens are beginning to bloom, and a new scientific greening pattern of "expanding green in the north and improving quality in the south" is accelerating the construction of.

Forests are the main body of terrestrial ecology and the greatest survival capital of the country and nation. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that this issue must be viewed from the perspective of the historical development of the Chinese nation, leave a beautiful home for future generations, and let the pen of history of spring and autumn leave a positive record for contemporary Chinese people.

The General Secretary sets an example and has participated in the capital's voluntary tree planting activities for 12 consecutive years, emphasizing that greening the motherland should expand, promote and protect green. From comprehensively implementing the forest chief system to deepening the reform of the collective forest rights system, from creating and building national parks and national botanical gardens, to coordinating the systematic management of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grasslands and sands, the General Secretary leads and promotes the continuous deepening of national land greening.

Expand green, promote green and protect green at the same time. Now, my country's high-quality development of land greening has reached a new level.

The Bulletin of China's Land Greening Status released by the Office of the National Greening Commission today shows that in 2024, my country completed afforestation of 66.69 million mu, planting and improving grass, and 36.83 million mu of desertified and fossilized desertified land, and the beautiful China has a more green color.

Today, my country has built 212 national forest cities, with an urban per capita park green space area of ​​15.65 square meters, and a village greening coverage rate exceeding 32%. The total output value of the forestry industry exceeded 10 trillion yuan.

Now, my country's forest coverage rate exceeds 25%, forest stock reaches more than 20 billion cubic meters, and the comprehensive vegetation coverage of grassland is stable at more than 50%, making it the country with the fastest and most greening growth in the world, and the area of ​​artificial forests ranks first in the world.

The Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China has made a series of arrangements for building a beautiful China, and measures have been accelerated.

This year, more than 240 projects have been arranged in the battle of the "Three Norths" project, and 20.9 billion yuan of central funds have been allocated to ensure timely start of construction and build a solid green Great Wall in the northern Xinjiang.

Inner Mongolia's "Three Norths" battle missions account for nearly half of the country, and more than 20 million mu of sand control will be completed this year. At present, the 420-kilometer-long yellow-locked forest and grass belt on the northern edge of the Kubuqi Desert has entered the decisive battle period. The local demonstration and application of more than 50 new equipment such as drones and sand barrier laying machines has greatly improved the quality and efficiency of sand control.

This year, my country continues to organize and implement a number of major projects for the protection and restoration of important ecosystems and land greening demonstration projects, taking river basins and mountain systems as basic units, focusing on prominent ecological issues, and coordinating the integrated protection and systematic governance of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grasslands and sands, and improving the effectiveness of governance in key areas.

This year, my country will comprehensively strengthen the scientific and refined management of land greening projects, implement the rational evaluation of land use, water use, seedlings, and technical measures, and the implementation of land greening tasks, improve the various functions of forest and grass ecosystems according to local conditions, and improve the quality and efficiency of land greening.

The barren mountains are covered with beautiful scenery, and the desert becomes an oasis. This year, my country plans to complete the national land greening task of more than 100 million mu, deepen the high-quality development of national land greening, let the beautiful rivers and mountains benefit the people, and paint a new picture of a beautiful China.