Chinese land greening bulletin 2025
Office of the national greening committee
(12 march 2026)
In 2025, various departments of the country implemented xi jinping eco-civilization, firmly established and implemented the green mountain concept as the green mountain concept, maintained the path of scientifically eco-efficient greening development, continued large-scale land greening, completing the construction of 3. 563 million hectares of forest, 4. 97 million hectares of degraded grassland rehabilitation, 25,09 per cent of forest cover, over 56 per cent of forest grass cover, 20,988 million cubic metres of forest accumulation, nearly 11 trillion yuan of total forest grassland production, a much greener greener base and a much richer gold mountain。
I. Effective responsibility of the resources and sector
On 3 april, general secretary xi participated in the 13th compulsory tree planting in the capital, emphasizing that afforestation was an important part of the construction of ecological civilization. The greening of the country must be accompanied by the greening of the greens and the greening of the greens and the promotion of the links between forest reservoirs, money banks, grain banks and carbon pools. More emphasis should be placed on “temping”, optimizing forest sub-structures, improving forest operations and simultaneously improving the ecological quality of grasslands. More emphasis has been placed on “booming” and the use of living grass resources and the growth of the forest grass industry has been the subject of more reform. Increased emphasis on “peoples” to add green, immediate beauty to the crowd and to expand the space for forest grass employment. The compulsory planting of trees is an act of nationalism that must be continued from generation to generation. Increased awareness of responsibility, innovative participatory approaches and enhanced service support are needed to ensure that this activity is well-established and increasingly effective in reforestation。
The national people's congress, the national political consultative council and the central military commission lead the gay community in compulsory tree planting. The twenty-fourth tree planting event of the minister of the republic was successfully held. The central and state institutions have intensified the construction of conservation and greening units, and 94,000 staff have completed 340,000 compulsory tree plantings. The military units are actively involved in the compulsory planting of trees and the reforestation of the army barracks. The construction of 3071 “internet+citizenly compulsory tree planting” sites, the launch of 62 million due diligence events throughout the year, the reception of more than 33 million people, and the participation of all in the development of compulsory tree planting with due diligence. Provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the central government) organize provincial leaders ' compulsory planting of trees in order to demonstrate their actions. Beijing has made a comprehensive effort to build cities in the capital's garden and has initiated an innovative campaign entitled “happiness to the motherland”. Guangdong has advanced deep in the construction of green american guangdong ecology and has organized a “i grow a tree for all”. Hunan has introduced the “compulsory tree-planting + forest conversion” model to create a “uuu-green” brand。
The continuous optimization of urban and rural ecosystems has steadily promoted the opening and sharing of “ pocket parks”, urban green lanes and parks, with construction of over 4,700 “ pocket parks” and over 5,800 kilometres of green lanes. Launch of the major works implementation programme for biodiversity conservation (2025-2030) and the beautiful village construction implementation programme, which actively engages in the planting of trees on the rural “sides” and the continuous improvement of the rural habitat environment. The greening of roads, 50,000 kilometres by road and 66,000 kilometres by the yilin railway, and the ongoing greening of the water engineering areas and of the lake reservoirs of the canals, were completed. To respond positively to people's concerns, a joint comprehensive response to the willow fly and sensitization pollen has been launched to raise the population's feeling of green habitability。
The national trade union system has organized the mobilization of workers and workers for the construction of the “labour forest”. The cyp central department of natural resources and the national forest and grass office have been carrying out a greening campaign, “i planted a tree for the three north”, which has continued to advance the construction of the young forest project “protecting the mother river”. The all-china women's federation has launched the "beautiful courtyards looking at the country" campaign, promoting the construction of more than 20 million “beautiful courtyards” in all regions. Central enterprises are actively involved in the management of ecological restoration, the three gorges group and the china forest group are deeply involved in the construction of the “thir north” pilot project, chinese oil is deeply involved in the “i am a carbon neutral tree” campaign, chinese petrochemicals are actively involved in the ecological protection of the yangtze and yellow river basins, national metallurgical systems are involved in the upgrading of the industry to create the “four seasons green” ecological landscape, and china postal has launched the “postage message greening the three north” public good model forest project。
Ii. Deep progress in major greenhouse
The national greening committee meets in plenary session and arranges for the deployment of an annual land greening exercise, emphasizing the quality of quantity and weight, with a greater emphasis on quality, and the construction of ecological security barriers in the country. The ongoing implementation of 166 “dual” projects, the integrated protection and restoration of 27 mountain, forest and lake grass and sand projects, 10 demonstration projects for the greening of the land and 68 demonstration projects for the ecological rehabilitation of historic abandoned mines are continuing to improve the quality and stability of ecosystems in priority areas. Over 62,000 square kilometres were added to soil erosion management, with a national soil and water conservation rate of 73. 09 per cent. The three-year pilot project on sustainable forest management covers over 2. 66 million hectares. The sandy deserted land is managed by 3. 289 million hectares, and the sandy land area is reduced by 1. 5275 million hectares compared to the “1455”。
To strengthen the cultivation of good seedlings, a new 68 offices of the national stock of grass-breeding resources have been established, more than 140,000 copies of conservation resources have been collected, and the recommended catalogue of good species of precious trees (2025) has been published. An eco-grass base of 650,000 acres has been built and grass production capacity has stabilized at over 20,000 tons. The zhejiang project has been developed using seed quality management methods and rules for the review of land for operational design, fujian has established a number of high-standard demonstration sites for projects and demonstration areas for the afforestation of valuable trees, and guizhou has established a secure nursery base for the direct cultivation of native and precious trees。
Iii. Significant results of the “ten north” war
The local authorities and departments concerned have followed the spirit of the important statement of the secretary-general of xi and have been able to achieve important results through joint action, joint responses and joint efforts. A meeting was held to advance the battle on the ground in the yellow river “twice” to remobilize and re-deploy the battle. The office of the state council has issued a master plan for the “three north” project, which provides a general blueprint for construction by 2050. The management system is constantly being improved through the introduction of integrated development ideas in the areas of pv+ sand management, transport and grass, and the development of a management approach for the construction of the three-north project. A variety of governance models such as "photo-silver plus sand" "road-silver" "work-for-work" "mechanical sand" are actively promoted. To strengthen money, land, water and seedling security, 337 priority projects were organized throughout the year to complete the construction task of 8. 77 million hectares, of which 1. 88 million hectares were managed in an integrated manner and 6. 89 million hectares were consolidated. Highlight the quality management of the project and organize the conduct of package guidance, spot-checking of unannounced visits and quality evaluations to tighten the responsibilities of the parties. There have been positive developments in the three landmark battles, the deepening of joint anti-resistance coverage in the middle yellow river, the “greening-in-the-silver” in the eastern corwin and the obscuranty-daksha fields, and the woven green protective belts on the western corridor, on the edge of the takramak desert, which are blocking the war zone. The three north project was awarded the fao global technology achievement forestry award。
Iv. Increased management of resource conservation led by forest longing
By the end of 2025, 1307,000 forest owners, of whom 438 are provincial forest chiefs, had been set up at the level of five village and county levels. The standing committee of the national people's congress carries out forest law enforcement inspections, the national parks act, the regulations for the protection of the angry trees, the regulations for the prevention of fire in the savannah of forests, the regulations for the conservation of nature reserves, the regulations for the protection of landscapes, the regulations for the protection of new varieties of plants, and the system for the protection of the rule of law for the greening of the land are being improved. The publication of the national medium- and long-term plan for natural forest conservation and rehabilitation, which promotes the integration of natural forest conservation with public forest management. Launch of the third national survey of ancient wood resources. The completion of the survey of grass and humid waste and the promotion of a “one map” of natural resources. The national inspectorate for natural resources, which is responsible for long-term forest use, has strengthened its efforts to combat damage to forest and grass-roots resources and has reported 28 typical violations。
(c) the launch of a zero-disruption campaign to identify major hazards of forest savannah fires and the launching of a campaign to combat fire abuse, which has resulted in the rehabilitation of 125,000 fires. There were 225 forest fires and 4946. 5 hectares affected, a decrease of 23 per cent and 30 per cent, respectively. The full implementation of the five-year campaign to combat the pine filariasis epidemic has resulted in a “four-year decline” in the number of affected districts, suburban areas, areas and dead trees. The implementation of a plan to combat harmful organisms in the forest range of 146,67,000 hectares and the cumulative elimination of 97,000 hectares of nectar in the last three years have been fundamentally curbed by the spread and have effectively responded to the invasion of moroccan beads abroad。
V. Advancing the rapid development of the forest grass industry with well-used living resources
Our country is ahead of schedule to achieve the goal of national ownership of forest savings by 2030, and general secretary xi jinping made a commitment at the united nations climate change summit to a new round of national ownership contributions “to reach more than 24 billion cubic metres by 2035”. Publication of the highlights of the annual work to enhance ecosystem carbon sink capacity. The ongoing deepening of the forest grass-based carbon sink pilot has led to the initial development of unique “carbon sinks+” applications in heilong, sichuan, zhejiang, anhui and hunan. Accelerate the development of a national market for voluntary greenhouse gas emission reduction trading and support the development of projects such as afforestation carbon sinks and mangrove construction. By the end of 2025, 87 projects had been announced and an average annual reduction of more than 1. 5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent was expected。
Develop specific measures to support the first-in-first-in-first-in-first-in-first-out-out-out-out-out-out-out-out-out-out-out-out-out-out-out-out-out-out-out-out-out-out-out-out-out-out-out-out-out-out-out. The publication of the collective forest land management scheme, the launching of a high-quality development policy initiative in financial support of forestry, continued to improve the quality of financial services, leaving a balance of $23. 8 billion on forest mortgages. Publication of the national forest reserve implementation programme (2025-2028). The launch of the opinions on accelerated construction of modern state forestyards has given strong impetus to forestland reform and development. Jiangxi has introduced the “lieng+lin conversion” model, shaanxi has been active in promoting sedentary contracting of grasslands, sichuan has introduced a system of innovative forest grass survey, jiangsu, shandong, zhejiang, etc., have advanced the use of grasslands for land use and seaweed approval, and the results of the reforms have been more beneficial to people。
Implement a number of measures to promote economic development under the forest and further improve policies on chinese medicine and rehabilitation services. Publication of the directory of major products “sprung with bamboo” (2025 edition). The supply capacity of ecological products is increasing, with an annual production of 140 million cubic metres of wood, over 240 million tons of forest food and 1. 18 million tons of tea oil. New developments in green-rich new business have been taking place, the forest economy has continued to warm, ecotourism has received more than 3 billion visitors annually and trade in forest products has grown to over $180 billion. By the end of 2025, there were nearly 300,000 new forestry operators and 100,000 large-scale operators operating over 500 acres, generating more than 60 million jobs. Eco-foresters ' policies are integrated into the central normalization mechanism to prevent return to poverty。
Vi. Strengthening survey
The national development and reform commission and the ministry of finance have strengthened their financial security, issuing $158. 4 billion in central funding throughout the year to provide a strong backstop for science to undertake large-scale land-greening operations. The ministry of natural resources and the national forest and grass office are supporting the ministry of natural resources to maximize the spatial potential of the country in support of the economic province, and to support transport, energy and water projects using 33,000 hectares of forest land and 21,000 hectares of grassland, thereby providing strong guarantees for the landing of major projects. (c) strengthen the movement of the yellow river water resources and provide reasonable guarantees for the ecological use of the three-north project in the hard-hit areas. Publication of the directory of green financial support projects (2025 edition), incorporating land-greening projects such as forest rights trading into green financial support。
Ongoing improvements in infrastructure such as priority forest areas, sand-zone road networks and fire-proof containment systems of 5. 41 m/ha. Launching of the “broadband grass” to advance 4g/5g network coverage of key points in forest areas. Continuous enhancement of sand and dust weather monitoring forecasts and fire-fighting weather security in the savannas, with solid and integrated national greening statistics. (c) strengthening the environmental evaluation of construction projects, to monitor vegetation damage and implement ecological rehabilitation measures. A special evaluation was carried out on the “fifty-five” land greening-related scientific and technological challenges. The national priority laboratory for the conservation and ecological rehabilitation of wetlands was approved. R & d has accelerated, with 50 per cent mechanical sand treatment and 30 per cent oil and tea harvesting. Two specialized undergraduate sites have been added for the greening of the land, and the “three ones” programme provides more than 1,100 young talent to grass-roots units such as state-owned forest farms。
The concept of the “two mountains” has become the national consensus of the whole party
In-depth studies and follow-up to the important statement of the secretary-general of xi jinping on the greening of the land, in-depth knowledge of the contemporary features, theoretical values and practices of xi jinping's ecological civilization, produced a special programme entitled xi jinping ecocivilizational thoughts series. It's a good work, such as " the eyes of the secrets " , " natural china " , " flower china " , which tells the story of china's land greening. The culture of preservation of ancient trees has grown stronger with the production of a feature film entitled " the ancient tree " and the launching of documentaries such as " better to see a tree " . To deepen international cooperation and establish the china-central asian cooperative centre for desertification control, the china-world bank group's global centre for ecosystems and transformation, a twinning of the china-france national park and the signing of an action plan, the signing of a cooperation agreement with brazil for the restoration of vegetation and carbon sinks, the organization of the fifth world congress on biosphere reserves, the third national parks forum, the world forestry congress, the tenth kubuchi international desert forum, and the increase of the number of prospective members of the international mangrove centre to 20. China's continuing scientific campaign for large-scale land greening is fully recognized and highly valued by the international community and serves as a model for global ecological governance。
The year 2026 was the beginning of the “fifty-five” plan. The greening of the land will be guided by the socialist philosophy of china during xi's new era. It will fully follow the spirit of the 20th and 20th plenary sessions of the party. It will focus on “three greens” and “four cucumbers”, with greater emphasis on the promotion of the welfare of the people. It will integrate scientific protection, system governance and rational use. It will continue its large-scale greening of the land. It will vigorously carry out projects to improve the quality of forests. It will fight the battle of the three north, and it will firmly establish and practice the proper political performance
Note: the national statistics covered in the bulletin do not include the hong kong special administrative region, the macao special administrative region and the province of taiwan except for forest cover and forest accumulation。
