The Arbor Festival in China was initiated by forest scientists such as Ling Daoyang, Han An and Joseph Bailie in 19 15, and the time was originally set in Tomb-Sweeping Day every year. 1928, the National Government changed Arbor Day to March 12 to commemorate the third anniversary of Sun Yat-sen's death. 1979 after the founding of new China, at the suggestion of Deng Xiaoping, the 6th meeting of the 5th the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) decided to designate 12 as China Arbor Day every year.
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A voluntary tree planting campaign with the largest scale, the largest number of participants and the most remarkable results in the world has been carried out in China for more than 30 years. Voluntary tree planting by the whole people Over the years, the party and state leaders have conscientiously fulfilled their voluntary tree planting, no matter how busy they are at work, whether in Beijing or in other places.
Statistics show that since 1982 launched the nationwide voluntary tree planting campaign, the number of people participating in voluntary tree planting has reached 104 billion, and more than 49.2 billion trees have been planted voluntarily.
The nationwide voluntary tree planting campaign has effectively promoted the improvement of the ecological environment in China. Before the start of this campaign 198 1 year, the national forest area17.29 million mu, the standing stock 1026 billion cubic meters, and the forest coverage 12%. After years of unremitting efforts, China's forest area has reached 2.62 billion mu, the standing stock has reached1361800 million cubic meters, and the forest coverage rate has increased to 185438+0%.
With the world's forest resources decreasing day by day, China has achieved sustained growth of forest resources. The improvement of forest vegetation not only beautifies the homeland, reduces the harm of soil erosion and sandstorm to farmland, but also effectively improves the carbon storage capacity of forest ecosystem.