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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, March 21 (Xinhua) — China has made significant progress in greening, expanding forest area and forest stock for 40 consecutive years, according to the State Forestry and Grassland Administration.
The country's forest area has reached 3.614 billion mu (approximately 241 million hectares), with forest cover rising to 25.09 percent, making China the world leader in terms of volume and rate of greening.
Thus, during the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025), the country, having launched large-scale programs to protect and restore ecosystems to further strengthen ecological shields, managed to green 549 million mu of territory, restore more than 4.34 million mu of wetlands, and reclaim 152 million mu of land susceptible to desertification.
According to the state administration, such efforts bring not only environmental but also economic benefits. Currently, the value of ecological services associated with China's forest and grassland ecosystems exceeds 30 trillion yuan (approximately $4.35 trillion) per year.
The annual production of forest food products has exceeded 240 million tons, and the number of ecotourism trips is at least 3 billion per year, according to the agency's data. -0-
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