National Day of Voluntary Tree Planting of the Capital 1.21 million citizens plant green in various ways



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Source title: 1.21 million citizens of the capital’s voluntary tree planting day sowing green in various ways

China News Service, Beijing News, April 3 (Reporter Yu Lixiao) On April 3, Beijing ushered in the 37th National Mandatory Tree Planting Day in the capital. Citizens of the capital left their homes to plant trees and flowers, adopt trees, grow trees, and clear green spaces. Fulfill tree planting obligations in various ways.

On March 18, 1985, the fourth meeting of the 8th Beijing Municipal People’s Congress approved the Beijing Municipal People’s Government’s proposal on the stipulation of the “mandatory tree-planting day” for the city’s population. The first day of rest in April of each year is the day of voluntary tree planting in the capital.

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the National Voluntary Tree Planting Campaign.

On April 3, the Huairou Science City Park in Beijing was filled with enthusiastic work scenes. The thematic activity “Planting Science Forests Together to Build a City of Sciences” welcomed more than 300 enthusiastic citizens, including academics and experts from related institutes of the City of Sciences. More than 600 native trees and shrubs such as white bark pine, Huashan pine, Xifu crabapple, etc., were planted to contribute to the acceptance of Chuangsen in Huairou district.

In the new round of one million acre afforestation plots in Dagongmen Village, Shisanling Town, Changping District, Beijing, more than 150 citizens removed soil, dug holes and planted trees, planted white bark pine, Chinese locust, Luan, Eucommia ulmoides More than 400 seedlings. The cadres and masses in the streets and towns of Changping fulfilled their functions in the neighborhood park and green space in front of the house. They planted tens of thousands of saplings in one day, and also cultivated the forest land by watering, bleaching, making tree dumps and clearing the forest land Ten thousand square meters.

With the continuous progress of the creation of the Beijing Forest City, the three districts of Tongzhou, Huairou and Miyun are expected to successfully create forest cities this year.

Planting green in the earth, planting green in the heart, planting trees voluntarily not only stains the mountains and plains of Beijing, but also brings the concept of ecological civilization of harmony between man and nature to the citizens of the capital.

In Liuyin Park, Dongcheng District, Beijing, caring for trees and promoting ecological culture complement each other. Neighborhoods old and young in the surrounding communities, enthusiastic high school 101 teachers and students, and members of the Beijing Green Envoy Volunteer Service Team cleared the fences, opened the tree dams, and cleared the green space in the yard. .

On the day of tree planting, the 11th Willow Culture Festival began in Liuyin Park. Popular science outreach activities such as “Willow Story”, “Qingming Story”, “Cold Food Talking Willow” and “Nature Exploration”, let everyone feel the infinite charm of ecological culture.

At Ditan Park, 40 children participated in the “Little Gardener” themed activity. Lin, the park’s greening technician, explained to the children how to transplant flowers and related precautions. Under your guidance, the children learn each step carefully and carefully transplant the flower seedlings into new pots.

In recent years, to make it more convenient for citizens to participate in voluntary tree planting, the capital has created a Beijing brand of “spring planting, summer recognition, autumn caress and winter advocacy.” Building “Internet + National voluntary tree planting base is more convenient for citizens to get closer. Perform tree planting obligations at any time.”

More than 30 college students from the School of New Energies and Materials of China Petroleum University took the initiative to sign up to participate in tree planting work at the base of Shuangxiu Park in Xicheng District. On tree planting day, under the guidance of base staff, the students cooperated with each other, digging wells, holding potted plants, filling the soil, watering, and planting a variety of lawns and flowers such as geraniums. and alumroot. After the event, the base staff also issued the “Certificate of Duty of Responsibility for the Planting of Trees by All the People of the Capital”.

On the day of tree planting, the community neighborhoods of Datai Street, Mentougou District, Beijing entered the Jingxi forest farm base and planted more than 200 cherries and toon with the forest farm staff and firefighters.

According to statistics, since spring, a total of 1.21 million people in Beijing have participated in various voluntary tree-planting activities, planting more than 930,000 trees of various types, maintaining more than 7.11 million trees, and distributing 1.47 million copies of promotional materials. Under the guidance of the high-quality development concept, the city’s voluntary tree planting has generally selected native plant species with longevity, stress resistance and good effects on the landscape, and strengthened the maintenance and management of the trees. to ensure that the trees survive and become forests. (End up)

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