The history of the construction of Saihanba Forest Farm is an epic history of hard struggle. With your practical actions, you have forged the Saihanba spirit of keeping your mission in mind, working hard, and developing green development, which has important exemplary significance for the construction of national ecological civilization. To grasp the construction of ecological civilization, we must rely on both material and spirit. It is necessary to inherit the Saihanba spirit, deeply understand and implement the concept of ecological civilization, make persistent efforts, start a new business, and make new contributions to the new journey of achieving the second centenary goal.
——Excerpt from General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important speech during the inspection of the Saihanba Mechanical Forest Farm in Chengde, Hebei Province on August 23 this year
In August 2017, General Secretary Xi Jinping gave an important instruction on the touching deeds of the builders of the Hebei Saihanba Mechanical Forest Farm. He pointed out that for 55 years, the builders of the Hebei Saihanba Forest Farm have obeyed the party’s call. The hard work and dedication on the desert sandy land of “inhabitable trees” has created a miracle on earth that the wasteland has turned into a sea of woods. It has interpreted the concept that green waters and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains with practical actions, and has created a mission, hard work, and green development. The spirit of Hanba. Their deeds are touching and they are a vivid example of advancing the construction of ecological civilization.
On August 23 this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping inspected Saihanba Mechanical Forest Farm and had a cordial exchange with representatives of the three generations of employees of the forest farm. Seeing the team of forest guards grow stronger and stronger, General Secretary Xi Jinping was very pleased: “In 2017, I gave a comment on your touching deeds and proposed the Saihanba spirit, which has become the spiritual pedigree of the Chinese Communist Party. Component. Not only you need to continue to carry forward the Saihanba spirit, but the whole party and the people of the whole country must also study and promote, and work together to build our country, develop a green economy, and build an ecological civilization!”
Carrying forward the spirit of Saihanba, the desert plateau has become a “beautiful mountain”. The forest coverage rate of Saihanba Mechanical Forest Farm has increased from 11.4% in the initial stage of construction to 82% today, building a green barrier for the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. If the trees in the forest farm are arranged at a distance of one meter, they can circle the earth’s equator 12 times.
Carrying forward the spirit of Saihanba, the mountains of China are getting greener and the water is getting clearer. After years of continuous efforts, my country’s forest coverage rate has reached 23.04%, and the forest area and stock volume have maintained “double growth” for more than 30 consecutive years, making it the country with the fastest increase in forest and greenery in the world. The good ecological environment has cultivated the green background and quality of the well-off society in an all-round way.
Keep in mind the mission, work hard, and keep the original intention of the Communists forever
The sea of forest is verdant, and the sky is full of white clouds. Located in the northernmost part of Hebei Province and on the southern edge of the Hunshandake Sandy Land in the Inner Mongolia Plateau, the Saihanba Mechanical Forest Farm is surrounded by a vast sea of pine trees. Desert sand!
After the founding of New China, the party and the country attached great importance to the greening of the country, and Comrade Mao Zedong issued a great call for “greening the motherland”. The former Ministry of Forestry decided to establish a large-scale mechanical forest farm in Saihanba, Weichang Manchu and Mongolian Autonomous County, Chengde City, Hebei Province.
Heed the call of the party and shoulder the mission bravely.
I heard that the afforestation of Saihanba requires manpower. After discussing with the five sisters in the dormitory, Chen Yanxian, who was studying in Chengde high school, decided to go to the Bashang area. In 1964, the “Six Women on the Dam” rushed to the forest farm after a bumpy car for two days and two nights. With enthusiasm, 369 forest farm entrepreneurs resolutely walked from the north to the west to the northern plateau.
“At that time, we drank snow water, rain water, water from ditch ponds, and ate black noodles, potatoes and pickles.” Chen Yanxian, who was already full of silver hair, recalled, “The house is not enough, everyone just Living in warehouses, horse sheds, shacks, mud and straw huts. The most difficult part is winter, when the coldest time is minus 40 degrees Celsius. The screaming white-hair wind blows on people and hurts to the bone. You can’t see people.”
We are bravely pioneering without fear of difficulties and obstacles.
“The slope is treated first, the nest is treated later, the production first, and then live.” The people of Saihanba braved the wind and snow, reclaiming wasteland and planting trees. However, due to lack of afforestation experience in alpine regions, the survival rate of afforestation in 1962 and 1963 was less than 8%, and the forest farm was facing difficulties.
“I don’t believe in this evil, come again!” In the spring of 1964, Wang Shanghai, the first party secretary of the forest farm, led the staff to carry out the “horseshoe pit afforestation contest”. He ate and lived on the mountain for many days and planted 516 mu of larch. The survival rate reached 96%. Wang Shanghai knelt on the hillside with excitement, tears streaming down his face.
This battle created a precedent for the successful planting of larch in my country’s alpine regions. Now, the former Horseshoe Pit Afforestation Battlefield has become the Shanghai Memorial Forest. A stone stele with the words “Source of Green” tells people: This is the place where millions of acres of green forests originated.
“The old secretary Wang Shanghai worked in Saihanba for 13 years, and he was always concerned about the forest. After the old secretary died in 1989, his family followed his last wish and scattered his ashes here.” Saihanba Mechanical Forest Farm Said Chen Zhiqing, the field director and deputy secretary of the party committee.
Keeping the original aspirations of the Communists forever, the Saihanba people have surpassed a series of dangerous passes, allowing the green to take root and spread in the plateau deserts. The famous writer Wei Wei wrote a poem for the forest farm: “Thousands of miles of blue sky and white clouds, endless green fields and endless flowers. If the flowers bloom undefeated, the hero’s entrepreneurship will grow forever.”
“The dramatic changes in Saihanba in the past 60 years fully prove that as long as we listen to the party and do whatever the party calls it, we will surely find a way out in the predicament and move toward victory!” Long Liu Haiying said.
Unswervingly follow the path of ecological priority and green development, green water and green mountains will bring gold and silver mountains
“Ecological prosperity leads to civilized prosperity.” Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core has placed ecological civilization construction in a prominent position in the overall work and carried out a series of fundamental, pioneering, and long-term work.
Continuing to carry forward the spirit of Saihanba, the people of Saihanba are based on the positioning of “the northwestern Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei ecological conservation functional zone”, resolutely shoulder the responsibility of blocking sand sources and conserving water sources, and unswervingly follow the path of ecological priority and green development.
To overcome difficulties, the people of Saihanba dare to gnaw hard bones.
“In the new era, every hillside of Saihanba must be green!” Saihanba people marched toward the rocky sunny slopes with barren soil and exposed rocks, and vigorously carried out afforestation projects. The average slope of the rocky sunny slope reaches 46 degrees, the soil thickness is only a few centimeters, and the mechanical equipment is not available at all. Carrying horses on one’s shoulders, picks and drills, water-retaining mulching…More than 100,000 acres of stone barren hills have been completely greened.
Today, the forest area of the forest farm has increased from 240,000 mu at the initial stage of construction to 1.15 million mu, making it the largest planted forest in the world. According to estimates, Saihanba conserves 284 million cubic meters of water, fixes more than 860,000 tons of carbon dioxide, and releases nearly 600,000 tons of oxygen each year for the Beijing-Tianjin area.
Deepening reforms, Saihanba people intensified protection.
“Adhere to the ecological orientation and give priority to protection.” The Party Central Committee and the State Council issued the “State-owned Forest Farm Reform Plan” in 2015, positioning the main function of the state-owned forest farm to protect and cultivate forest resources and maintain national ecological security. Saihanba Mechanical Forest Farm implemented the reform of the state-owned forest farm and strengthened its public welfare attributes. The area of Saihanba National Nature Reserve was adjusted from 304,000 mu to 979,000 mu.
“In recent years, we have drastically reduced the logging volume, completely stopped clearing, strengthened forest tending, and accurately improved forest quality.” said Cui Yan, head of the forestry department of the forest farm.
With green development, the people of Saihanba have created a new situation.
“The forest farm actively develops and expands green industries such as forest carbon sinks, eco-tourism, and green seedlings, and guides and drives the development of rural tourism and farmhouses in the surrounding areas, and helps the people increase incomes and prosperity and rural revitalization.” Saihanba Machinery Forest Farm Party Secretary An Changming introduced, The forest farm has completed the transaction of afforestation carbon sinks of 160,000 tons, income of 3.1 million yuan, and built 80,000 mu of green seedling bases. In recent years, the average annual reception of tourists is about 600,000. Eco-tourism has driven the surrounding areas to achieve a total social income of more than 600 million yuan per year. .
Good scenery brings good scenery, green water and green mountains become golden and silver mountains. This million acres of forest has become a “green bank” for the development of forest farm production, the improvement of workers’ lives, and the surrounding people’s poverty alleviation and prosperity.
“The builders of Saihanba Forest Farm created the miracle of the wasteland turning into the forest and the sea, and promoted the harmonious coexistence of man and nature.” said Li Hongwei, director of the Ecological Civilization Construction Teaching and Research Office of the Social and Ecological Civilization Teaching and Research Department of the Central Party School of the Communist Party of China (National School of Administration). It is a concentrated demonstration of the achievements of our party’s leadership in promoting the construction of ecological civilization, and a successful practice of the construction of socialist ecological civilization. They do not forget their original intentions, are willing to make dedication, and contribute for a long time. The Saihanba spirit has become an important part of the spiritual pedigree of the Communist Party of China.”
Make persistent efforts, start a business a second time, and make contributions on the new journey
Saihanba has successfully built millions of acres of artificial forests, creating a model in the history of the world‘s ecological civilization construction. The forest farm builders won the UN’s highest honor for environmental protection-the Earth Guardian Award, and the mechanical forest farm won the title of national model for poverty alleviation.
On August 23 this year, when General Secretary Xi Jinping inspected the Saihanba Mechanical Forest Farm, he emphasized that the history of the construction of the Saihanba Forest Farm is an evocative history of hard work. With your practical actions, you have forged the Saihanba spirit of keeping your mission in mind, working hard, and developing green development, which has important exemplary significance for the construction of national ecological civilization. To grasp the construction of ecological civilization, we must rely on both material and spirit. It is necessary to inherit the Saihanba spirit, deeply understand and implement the concept of ecological civilization, make persistent efforts, start a new business, and make new contributions to the new journey of achieving the second centenary goal.
Carry forward the spirit of Saihanba, and promote the management of landscapes, forests, fields, lakes, grasses and sand.
“We will continue to conscientiously implement the concept that green water and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains, coordinate the promotion of the management of landscapes, forests, fields, lakes, and sands, and boldly explore in deepening the reform of state-owned forest farms, promoting green development, and enhancing carbon sink capabilities.” Chen Zhiqing said, striving for By 2030, the area of forest land in the forest farm will increase to 1.2 million mu, and the forest coverage will increase to 86%, making the forest ecosystem more healthy and high-quality, and the ecological service function will be significantly enhanced.
Carry forward the spirit of Saihanba and protect the ecological environment like protecting eyes.
From November 1, the “Saihanba Forest and Grassland Fire Prevention Regulations” formulated by Hebei Province came into effect. “The responsibility for fire prevention is heavier than Mount Tai. We must handle the relationship between fire prevention and tourism, adhere to safety first, and effectively nurture, manage, and protect the important achievements of more than half a century of continuous struggle.” Saihanba Mechanical Forest Farm Forest Fire Protection Center Chief Dispatcher Peng Zhijie said, “We deeply feel the heavy responsibility and we must go all out to protect, build and develop this hard-won forest sea.”
Carry forward the spirit of Saihanba and scientifically promote large-scale land greening.
“my country has become the country with the largest and fastest growth in forest resources in the world, but overall there is still a lack of forests and greens and ecological fragility.” Guan Zhiou, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Director of the State Forestry and Grassland Administration, said that it will adhere to local conditions, zoning policies, and water-based greening. , Scientifically promote large-scale national land greening actions, comprehensively strengthen grassland protection and restoration and comprehensive desertification and rocky desertification management, continuously increase the total amount of forest and grass resources, and steadily improve the quality and stability of the natural ecosystem, providing for the construction of an ecological civilization and a beautiful China Good ecological conditions.
General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that the whole party and the whole society must adhere to the concept of green development, carry forward the spirit of Saihanba, and perseverely promote the construction of ecological civilization. , Build our great motherland more beautiful, and leave a beautiful environment with bluer sky, greener mountains and clearer water for future generations.
On the new journey, always keep the original aspiration and brave mission, deeply implement Xi Jinping’s ecological civilization thought, continue to promote the Saihanba spirit, and strive to promote the construction of ecological civilization. The Chinese people will build their homes more harmoniously and beautifully, and build people for the world. Make greater contributions to the community of natural life! (Reporter Liu Yi)
“People’s Daily Overseas Edition” (November 18, 2021 Edition 05)
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