National Forestry and Grassland Administration: During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, my country's state-owned forest farms will focus on promoting the construction of four major systems

China News Service, November 13 (Xinhua) According to the WeChat official account of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration, during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, my country will focus on building the "four systems", accelerate the construction of modern state-owned forest farms, continue to improve the ecological functions of state-owned forest farms, enhance the supply capacity of high-quality ecological products, tap the development potential of specialty industries, stimulate the development vitality of forest farms, and speed up the filling of development shortcomings.

Our country's state-owned forest farms are mainly distributed in key areas such as the source of rivers and ecologically fragile areas. They undertake basic ecological functions such as conserving water sources, fixing carbon and releasing oxygen, preventing wind and sand, and maintaining biodiversity. They are important positions in protecting and cultivating forest resources, maintaining national ecological security, and providing ecological products. They play an irreplaceable core role in ecological construction. At present, there are 4,297 state-owned forest farms in the country, distributed in more than 1,600 counties (cities, districts, banners) in 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities). There are about 255,000 employees in state-owned forest farms nationwide, with a total operating area of ​​1.184 billion acres, of which the forest area is 840 million acres and the forest volume is 3.81 billion cubic meters.

During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, the construction of state-owned forest farms in my country will further consolidate the ecological protection system, scientifically cultivate forest resources, do a good job in forest tending, transformation of low-quality and low-efficiency forests, and restoration of degraded forests, cultivate precious native tree species and large-diameter timber, and continue to build a solid ecological foundation for state-owned forest farms. Optimize the characteristic industrial system, adhere to ecological priority and green development, promote the composite utilization of space, and vigorously develop the under-forest economy; rely on unique natural landscapes and human resources to revitalize idle facilities such as old fields and old industrial areas, and develop green industries such as forest homes, forest camps, forest health care, and nature education to enrich the people. Strengthen the technical equipment system, make up for the shortcomings in infrastructure, accelerate the application of modern equipment in state-owned forest farms, and empower the high-quality development of state-owned forest farms with new technologies. Innovate the management system, deepen the reform of institutional mechanisms, explore "one system, two systems" and differentiated performance incentive mechanisms, stimulate the development vitality of state-owned forest farms, and continue to enhance development momentum.

By 2030, we will strive to further improve the state-owned forest farm management system, effectively protect and restore the ecosystem, basically establish a sustainable resource utilization mechanism, increase the forest stock volume per unit area by approximately 5%, and initially establish a modern state-owned forest farm system with excellent resource quality, stable ecological functions, and sufficient industrial development.