On September 18, 2019, General Secretary Xi Jinping presided over a symposium on ecological protection and high-quality development in the Yellow River Basin, and proposed that to ensure the safety of the Yellow River, it is necessary to seize the “bull nose” of regulating the relationship between water and sand, improve the water and sand control mechanism, and solve the problem of water control in Kowloon. , Separate management issues. On August 31 this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping presided over a meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. He reviewed the "Outline of the Yellow River Basin Ecological Protection and High-Quality Development Plan" and pointed out that it is necessary to implement the new development concept, follow the laws of nature and objective laws, and coordinate the promotion of landscape Comprehensive management, system management, and source management of grass and sand in forest lakes and lakes.

From "landscapes, forests, fields and lakes" to "landscapes, forests, fields, lakes and grasses", and then to "landscapes, forests, fields, lakes and sands", it reflects the party and the state's continuous sublimation of the Yellow River Basin governance concept, and gives the forestry and grass sector a more important mission to desertification. The development of prevention and treatment has put forward new tasks.

On the first anniversary of the Symposium on Ecological Protection and High-Quality Development in the Yellow River Basin, heads of forestry and grassland departments in key provinces for desertification prevention and control, experts and scholars provided suggestions on comprehensive management of mountains, waters, forests, fields, lakes, grass and sand, systematic management, and source management to promote the ecology of the Yellow River Basin. Protection and high-quality development have taken new and greater steps.

Greening of the Kubuqi Desert Crossing Sand Road in Ordos City, Inner Mongolia

Coordinate and comprehensively manage

Mu Yuan, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Director of the Forestry and Grassland Bureau of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

Inner Mongolia is one of the provinces with the highest concentration of desertification and desertification land and the most serious harm in the country. There are four deserts and four sandy lands in the country. The area of desertified and desertified land in the whole region is 914 million mu and 612 million mu, accounting for 23.3% and 23.7% of the national total.

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Inner Mongolia has conscientiously practiced Xi Jinping’s ecological civilization thought, firmly established the concept of “green water and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains”, insisted on ecological priority and green development, and persevered in promoting sand prevention and control, and completed sand prevention and control every year. More than 12 million acres, accounting for 40% of the country’s total, has realized the transition from “sand advancement and retreat” to “green advancement and sand retreat”, and has embarked on a new path of “Inner Mongolia governance” for sand prevention and control.

In the next step, Inner Mongolia will promote the comprehensive management of landscapes, forests, fields, lakes, grasses, sands, systematic management, and source management, and accelerate the construction of an important ecological security barrier in the north of the motherland.

One is overall planning and systematic governance. Combining with the promotion of the development of the western region to form a new pattern, the ecological protection and high-quality development of the Yellow River Basin and other major national regional strategies, as well as the key layout of the northeast forest belt and the northern sand prevention belt, the "Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region plans to build an important ecological security barrier in northern my country" (2020-2035).

The second is to highlight key points and project governance. Coordinate the implementation of major national ecological construction projects, carry out comprehensive sand management, and continue to promote the treatment of severely hazardous areas in the Hunshandake and Ujumqin sandy land and special treatment of the Horqin sandy land.

The third is comprehensive protection and governance according to law. Implement the strictest protection system, severely crack down on illegal activities that damage the ecology of the sandy area, and strictly protect the vegetation in the sandy area.

The fourth is to improve quality and efficiency and manage scientifically. Summarize and promote the management experience and models of Kubuqi Desert and Mu Us Sandy Land, strengthen the assembly and application of applicable technologies, vigorously promote mechanized sand control, and improve governance efficiency.

The fifth is to develop the industry, green and rich together. Improve financial, tax incentives, land use and other policies, deepen reforms, innovate mechanisms, and guide and encourage social forces, especially the non-public sector of the economy, to participate in desertification prevention and control. Increase the comprehensive development and utilization of special resources in sandy areas to promote greening, people's income, and enterprise efficiency in sandy areas.

Persisting in greening is the foundation of controlling yellow

Party Secretary and Director of Shaanxi Forestry Bureau Dang Shuangren

Shaanxi is a key province of land desertification in the country, and an important line of defense and barrier to prevent the northwestern sandstorm from invading Vietnam and maintaining the ecological security of Beijing and Tianjin. Shaanxi has always been at the forefront of sand prevention and control. Especially since the beginning of the 21st century, 8.6 million mu of mobile sandy land in the province has been fixed or semi-fixed, and the forest coverage rate in the sandy area has reached 34.8%. It has become the first province in the country to completely "tighten" mobile sandy land. The historical change from "sha advances and people retreat" to "people advances into the sand solid". In particular, the "Yulin Desert Control Model" and "Yulin Desert Control Spirit" formed in years of exploration and practice have increased "ecological confidence" for Shaanxi. However, to achieve high-quality and high-quality ecological space in Shaanxi sandy areas requires perseverance and long-term success.

Shaanxi will take the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s visit to Shaanxi to inspect the important speech as a guide, earnestly implement the concept of comprehensive management of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grasses and sand, and accelerate the advancement of the ecological space in Shaanxi’s desert areas in accordance with the policy of “scientific, comprehensive, and legal” sand control Modernization of governance system and governance capabilities. Strive to control 12.5 million mu of desertified land in the province by 2035, and the forest coverage rate in sandy areas will reach 42%.

The first is to insist that greening is the foundation of controlling the Yellow River, continue to implement major ecological space management projects such as returning farmland to forests and grasslands, the construction of the Three-North Shelterbelt, and the treatment of the source of sandstorms in Beijing and Tianjin, achieving an average annual control of more than 900,000 mu of desertified land.

The second is to focus on improving quality and efficiency, earnestly organize the implementation of quality and efficiency improvement and high-quality development projects for protection forests along the Yellow River, increase the restoration of degraded forest stands, strengthen tending operations, improve the quality of vegetation in sandy areas, and enhance the function of wind prevention and sand fixation.

The third is to strictly abide by the bottom line of ecological safety, strictly implement the newly revised "Regulations on Closing Mountains and Ban Grazing in Shaanxi Province", strengthen the management of closed and protected areas of sandy land, implement forest and grassland fire prevention and pest control responsibilities, and build a strong ecological safety barrier in sandy areas.

The fourth is to implement the concept of green development, vigorously develop new and characteristic industries in the desert area, and accelerate the establishment and improvement of the ecological economy system in the desert area with industrial ecologicalization and ecological industrialization as the main body.

The fifth is to inherit and carry forward the "Yulin Desert Control Spirit", continuously enrich the "Yulin Desert Control Mode", and accelerate the construction of a sustainable and natural succession sandy area ecosystem.