There is an appointment in spring, and it is the right time to plant green. On April 3, General Secretary Xi Jinping came to the bank of Yongding River in Fengtai District, Beijing to participate in the voluntary tree planting in the capital with cadres and the masses.

Oil pine, golden branch locust, beautiful plum, car beam wood, eucommia ulmoides, ingots maple... Each sapling stands upright in the wind, telling the story of harmonious coexistence between man and nature, and witnessing the persistence of long-term efforts.

Ten years of trees, trees gather into forests. A set of data reveals the ever-increasing "green property": my country's forest coverage rate has exceeded 25%, contributing about 25% of the global new green area. The most important thing is "the ecological environment continues to improve, and the people's feelings are the most direct and sincere."

The results are hard-won, "At the same time, we must see that the total amount of forest and grass resources in my country is still insufficient, and the quality and efficiency are not high enough." At the tree planting site, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out clearly.

Focus on problems and focus on problems to correct them. While demanding to "adhere to expand green and promote green and protect green, and promote the linkage of forest reservoirs, money reservoirs, grain reservoirs, and carbon reservoirs, while General Secretary Xi Jinping proposed to pay more attention to "improving quality", pay more attention to "building business", and pay more attention to "benefiting the people".

The three "more attention" are used to clarify the direction and draw key points for further promoting national land greening.

"Quality improvement" focuses on the relationship between quantity and quality.

"We must pay attention to quantity and quality" to carry out land greening actions, we must not only expand quantity, but also pay attention to quality improvement, appropriate places, trees, timely and law, plant one tree to live one tree, create one piece, and take the path of scientific, ecological and frugal greening development.

When planting this tree, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that it is necessary to optimize the structure of the forest stands, do a good job in forest management, and simultaneously improve the ecological quality of the grassland.

"Industry" grasps the relationship between green waters and green mountains and gold and silver mountains.

A good ecological environment contains infinite economic value. During last year's tree planting activity, General Secretary Xi Jinping put forward the important concept of "three greens" at the same time, and "promoting green" is one of them.

From "promoting green" to "promoting business", the concept has been consistent. How to expand the path of transforming green waters and green mountains into gold and silver mountains, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized the word "reform" this time, pointing out that "using more reform methods to activate forest and grass resources and strengthen forest and grass industries."

A forest reform, "awakening the sleeping mountains."

While working in Fujian, Comrade Xi Jinping personally led the reform of the collective forest rights system. "The mountains determine power, the trees determine the roots, and the people determine the mind" helps "the green mountains become gold mountains."

In March 2021, General Secretary Xi Jinping came to Sanming, Fujian again. After listening to the introduction of the reform of the collective forest rights system at Shaxian Rural Property Rights Trading Center, he demanded, "Actively and steadily promote the innovation of the collective forest rights system, explore and improve the value realization mechanism of ecological products, and strive to achieve new breakthroughs."

"Benefiting the people" is the original intention of planting trees and greening the motherland.

"Where does the people's sense of happiness come from? It comes from a good living environment." "Don't deliberately pursue strange flowers, plants and precious trees, and truly plant trees for the people and benefit the people." Afforestation, "the most universal people's livelihood project", the word "people" is a huge tremendous force.

"Add the green around the people and the beauty in front of them." At present, my country has built 212 national forest cities, and the per capita park green space area in the city has reached 15.65 square meters. In 2024, more than 6,200 "pocket parks" were started and more than 7,300 kilometers of urban greenways were built.

"Expand the space for forestry and grass employment and income increase." Today, the total output value of my country's forestry and grassland industry has reached 10.17 trillion yuan, and the forest food output exceeds 200 million tons, making it the third most important agricultural product after grain and vegetables.

"Voluntary tree planting is the action of the whole people, and we must continue to do it one generation after another." In the warm spring breeze, consistent actions and earnest and far-reaching instructions gather the tremendous power to jointly build a beautiful China.

Planning: Du Shangze

Written by: Xie Lei, Li Jianguang

Poster: Tian Xingzhou

Editor: Yan Qiaoxiu

Chairman Inspection: Liu Ruoxuan

Editor in charge: Yan Qiaoxiu