On April 3, the capital Beijing, the spring and the beauty of the wind were bright, and General Secretary Xi Jinping came to the tree planting point on the Yongding River in Fengtai District. This is the 13th consecutive year that General Secretary Xi Jinping has participated in the capital's voluntary tree planting activities since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. The General Secretary said that voluntary tree planting is a national action and needs to continue to do it from generation to generation.

Planting green to protect green. General Secretary Xi Jinping fulfilled the "green agreement" with spring every year, took the lead in participating in the capital's voluntary tree planting activities.

No matter how busy you are, you have to take time and you will come as promised when you are in the rain. Fengtai District, Haidian District, Chaoyang District, Daxing District, Tongzhou District in Beijing... are all left with the figures of the General Secretary and the capital cadres and masses working together.

"I grew up in Beijing, and a lot of my homesickness is related to trees." When I participated in the voluntary tree planting activity in the capital in 2023, the General Secretary told everyone.

In December 2013, General Secretary Xi Jinping proposed at the Central Urbanization Work Conference held for the first time since the reform and opening up that cities can integrate into nature, so that residents can see the mountains, water, and remember their homesickness.

Shut soil to create pits, cultivate soil cofferdams, lift water and water... This year, the General Secretary planted trees one after another, and planted many seedlings such as oil pine, golden branch locustard, beauty plum, car beam wood, eucommia ulmoides, and ingot maple.

The skillful movements reveal the "green feelings" that the General Secretary has not changed for many years. With one shovel of soil, what is planted is not only the saplings, but also the hope of ecological civilization; with one bucket of water, what is watered is not only the soil, but also the dream of a beautiful China.

"Start from planting green space wherever possible and building every piece of green space", "Deeply promote large-scale land greening actions and promote the continuous real results of land greening", "The whole society is a practitioner and promoter of ecological civilization construction"... During the years of planting trees, General Secretary Xi Jinping will put forward requirements for the land greening cause.

After continuous efforts, the "Three Norths" project has built a "Green Great Wall", the Taklamakan Desert has put on a "green scarf", and the Korqin Sand is reappearing the grassland scenery... At present, my country's forest coverage rate has exceeded 25%, and the area of ​​artificial forests ranks first in the world, becoming the country with the largest increase in greening in the world.

This year when planting trees, the General Secretary emphasized that "planting trees and afforestation is an important part of ecological civilization construction" and "gathering the tremendous power to jointly build a beautiful China, making the land of the motherland more green and vibrant", once again pointing out the direction for the practice of the concept of green development and providing guidance.

Adhere to the concept of green development, China's ecological civilization construction road becomes more and more determined and wider.

When planting trees and afforestation, what is planted is not only green saplings, but also a bright future for the motherland.

When participating in the voluntary tree planting activity in the capital, General Secretary Xi Jinping often helped the seedlings and cultivated soil with young children, carried buckets to water them, and asked about the children's study, life and labor exercise while working.

He once said to the children earnestly: "When you become your parents, you must let your children and grandchildren continue to plant trees, and do it from generation to generation. This is how beautiful China is built." "Previous people plant trees and later people enjoy the shade. Each of us is a coolie, but we must be a tree planter." Doing it from generation to generation is General Secretary Xi Jinping's affectionate advice:

In 2023, at the tree planting site in Chaoyang District, the General Secretary pointed out that planting trees is a very meaningful thing, a noble cause that benefits the present and the future, and must be consistent and continuous.

In 2024, at the tree planting site in Tongzhou District, the General Secretary pointed out that increasing greening means increasing advantages, and planting trees means planting the future. We must plant one after another, and work one after another, continuously strengthening our "green family foundation".

This time, the General Secretary emphasized that voluntary tree planting is a national action and must continue to do it from generation to generation.

Ten years of trees, trees gather into forests. Every seedling we plant today is our expectation for every spring in the future. Today, the germination of every new green piece witnesses the vivid practice of Xi Jinping's ecological civilization thought on this land.

Planning: Huang Qinghua, Zhou Nianjun

Speaker: Tang Yangchen, Qiao Yucheng

Design: Zhao Danyang, Guo Jieyu