The spirit of afforestation workers on Saihanba Highland

Saihanba, some 450 km to the north of Beijing, was a barren place until a forest farm was set up there in 1962. Since then, three generations of forest workers have devoted themselves to afforestation. Today, there are 7.5 million hectares of planted forest, releasing 550,000 tons of oxygen a year and supplying 137 million cubic meters of clean water to Beijing. Saihanba has become an ecological screen for the capital city.

Over more than half a century, the Saihanba afforestation workers have endured untold hardships and dedicated themselves to their mission. 

In August 2017, Xi Jinping issued an instruction on carrying on the spirit of the afforestation workers in pursuing green development, to build China into a beautiful country and leave to future generations a pleasant environment with blue skies, green mountains, and clear waters.

塞罕壩精神

塞罕壩位于中國河北省北部,曾經是茫茫荒原。自1962年建立林場以來,三代塞罕壩林場人以堅韌不拔的斗志和永不言敗的擔當,堅持植樹造林,建設了112萬畝人工林海。如今,塞罕壩每年為京津地區輸送凈水1.37億立方米、釋放氧氣55萬噸,成為守衛京津的重要生態屏障。

半個多世紀篳路藍縷的創業歷程,塞罕壩人鑄就了“忠于使命、艱苦奮斗、科學求實、綠色發展”的塞罕壩精神。2017年8月,習近平對河北塞罕壩林場建設者感人事跡作出重要指示,強調全黨全社會要堅持綠色發展理念,弘揚塞罕壩精神,持之以恒推進生態文明建設,一代接著一代干,馳而不息,久久為功,努力形成人與自然和諧發展新格局,把偉大的祖國建設得更加美麗,為子孫后代留下天更藍、山更綠、水更清的優美環境。