CHANGCHUN, April 1, 2020 (BSS/XINHUA) – Northeast China’s Jilin Province
plans to green over 90,000 hectares of land with trees this year to
strengthen its afforestation efforts, local authorities said Tuesday.
As one of the major forestry provinces in China, the province has decided
to make April, starting from 2020, an annual afforestation activity month,
said Jin Xishuang, director of the provincial forestry and grassland
administration.
Citizens in the province are encouraged to plant three to five trees per
person per year and participate in afforestation activities including
donations and volunteer work.
A total of 80,000 hectares of trees were planted in 2019 in Jilin, which
boasts a forest coverage rate of 43.78 percent.