When did Arbor Day begin in China?

1979 the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) designated March 12 as Arbor Day in China. This day is designated as Arbor Day. One is to commemorate Dr. Sun Yat-sen, who has always attached importance to and advocated afforestation (March 12 is the anniversary of Dr. Sun Yat-sen's death). In addition, March 12 is just after the fright and before the vernal equinox. For the whole country, planting trees at this time is the most suitable.

The Origin of Arbor Day in China

Cuixing Village, Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province is the hometown of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the founder of China's new democracy and a great revolutionary pioneer. In the former residence of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, there is still a 100-year-old Honolulu sour bean tree. This is 1883. Sun Yat-sen, who was only 17 years old, brought it back from Honolulu, USA and planted it here himself.

Sun Yat-sen was the first person in the modern history of China who recognized the importance of forests and advocated afforestation.

1893, Dr. Sun Yat-sen personally drafted the famous political document "The Book of Li Shang Hongzhang", and he proposed that in order for China to be strong, it is necessary to "develop agriculture urgently and restore tree art".

After the Revolution of 1911, Dr. Sun Yat-sen put forward the plan of large-scale afforestation in North China and Central China, and planned the prospect of agricultural modernization. 1924, in his speech in Guangzhou, he stressed: "We know that the fundamental way to prevent floods and droughts is to build forests and build forests on a large scale throughout the country." Since then, in many of his books and speeches, he has repeatedly emphasized the harmfulness of deforestation and the importance of afforestation.

19 15, at the initiative of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the then Beiyang government officially announced the regulation of taking Tomb-Sweeping Day as Arbor Day every year. Since then, there has been Arbor Day in China. Later, because Tomb-Sweeping Day was too late to plant trees in the south, in order to commemorate Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the National Government decided to designate March 12, the date of his death, as Arbor Day.

1979, the fifth national people's congress decided to commemorate the death of Dr. Sun Yat-sen every year-12 March as China Arbor Day to commemorate Dr. Sun Yat-sen, who has been advocating afforestation.

China has a vast territory, and the climatic conditions are quite different, so the time suitable for planting trees varies from place to place. Therefore, many provinces and cities have also stipulated their own Arbor Day.

Since 198 1 65438+February, China has voluntarily planted more than 35 billion trees. China is implementing the "Three Norths" and six major forestry projects in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, such as key shelter forest construction, returning farmland to forests and grasslands, wildlife protection, nature reserve construction and natural forest protection. By the end of 2000, the forest coverage rate in China reached 16.55%, the per capita public green space in the city increased to 6.52 square meters, and the total area of nature reserves in China exceeded 6,543.8+billion hectares.