Source: Qinhuangdao Daily
Reporter: Xue Fei
In the early morning of December 11, Meng Xiangwei, secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, Liu Chenyan, director of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress, and Hao Zhanmin, chairman of the Municipal CPPCC,along with more than 600 leaders and workers, came to a wasteland on the west side of LeDao Ocean Park, Longyuan Avenue, Shanhaiguan District, and participated in 2018 Autumn and Winter Tree Planting Activity. The activity is a practical action to implement the ecological city strategy, consolidate the achievements of the national forest city, and contribute to the acceleration of the construction of strong coastal city, beautiful port city and international city.
On December 11, Meng Xiangwei, secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, and other municipal leaders participated in the Tree Planting Activity along with more than 600 leaders and workers.
Photographer and Reporter: Li Duo
According to the statistics, more than 1,500 pine trees were planted in a total of 30-mu afforestation area. “The pine trees that are planted are called black pine which origins from Japan and North Korea. They are evergreen all year round and the preferred species for greening of barren mountains, and they are suitable for planting in this season.” Chen Yanzhen, deputy director of Shanhaiguan District Forestry Bureau, said, "A professional team will take care of them after planting in order to make sure the survival of newly planting trees."
Before the activity, Meng Xiangwei, Liu Chenyan, Hao Zhanmin and other city leaders listened to the report of “Greening Shanhaiguang 2019-2020 Plan”and of Jialong International Tourism Resort Project in Shanhaiguan District. The plan was conducted by Shanhaiguan District to improve ecological construction, striving to complete the afforestation and greening of 17,000 mu at the end of the “Thirteenth Five-Year Plan”, then continue to implement the new afforestation of 22,600 mu, so as to achieve the goal of 60% forest coverage in 2030. Jialong International Tourism Resort project, with a total investment of 30 billion yuan, was signed in the 2nd Conference of Tourism Development of Hebei, which has been successfully settled in Shanhaiguan District, and its sub-projects are under promotion.