习近平参加首都义务植树活动

习近平在参加首都义务植树活动时强调

全社会都做生态文明建设的实践者推动者

让祖国天更蓝山更绿水更清生态环境更美好

李克强栗战书汪洋王沪宁赵乐际韩正王岐山参加

3月30日，党和国家领导人习近平、李克强、栗战书、汪洋、王沪宁、赵乐际、韩正、王岐山等来到北京市大兴区黄村镇参加首都义务植树活动。这是习近平同大家一起植树。新华社记者 黄敬文 摄

新华社北京3月30日电  中共中央总书记、国家主席、中央军委主席习近平30日上午在参加首都义务植树活动时强调，党的十八大以来，我连续10年同大家一起参加首都义务植树，这既是想为建设美丽中国出一份力，也是要推动在全社会特别是在青少年心中播撒生态文明的种子，号召大家都做生态文明建设的实践者、推动者，持之以恒，久久为功，让我们的祖国天更蓝、山更绿、水更清、生态环境更美好。

3月30日，党和国家领导人习近平、李克强、栗战书、汪洋、王沪宁、赵乐际、韩正、王岐山等来到北京市大兴区黄村镇参加首都义务植树活动。这是习近平拿起铁锹走向植树地点。新华社记者 殷博古 摄

春回大地，万物更新。上午10时30分许，党和国家领导人习近平、李克强、栗战书、汪洋、王沪宁、赵乐际、韩正、王岐山等集体乘车，来到位于北京市大兴区黄村镇的植树点，同首都群众一起参加义务植树。

植树点位于大兴新城城市休闲公园内，面积约1500亩。这一地块原为水库滩涂地，目前规划为城市公园，建成后将成为周边群众休闲娱乐、亲近自然的生态空间。

看到总书记来了，正在这里植树的干部群众热情地向总书记问好。习近平向大家挥手致意，拿起铁锹走向植树地点，随后同北京市、国家林业和草原局负责同志以及首都干部群众、少先队员一起忙碌起来。

3月30日，党和国家领导人习近平、李克强、栗战书、汪洋、王沪宁、赵乐际、韩正、王岐山等来到北京市大兴区黄村镇参加首都义务植树活动。这是习近平同大家一起植树。新华社记者 黄敬文 摄

挥锹铲土、培土围堰、提水浇灌……习近平接连种下油松、碧桃、白玉兰、海棠、小叶白蜡等多棵树苗。习近平一边劳动，一边询问孩子们学习生活情况，叮嘱他们要德智体美劳全面发展，不能忽视“劳”的作用，要从小培养劳动意识、环保意识、节约意识，勿以善小而不为，从一点一滴做起，努力成长为党和人民需要的有用之才。植树现场一派繁忙景象，参加劳动的领导同志同大家一起培土浇水、亲切交流，气氛热烈。

植树间隙，习近平对在场的干部群众强调，实现中华民族永续发展，始终是我们孜孜不倦追求的目标。新中国成立以来，党团结带领全国各族人民植树造林、绿化祖国，取得了历史性成就，创造了令世人瞩目的生态奇迹。党的十八大以来，我们坚持绿水青山就是金山银山的理念，全面加强生态文明建设，推进国土绿化，改善城乡人居环境，美丽中国正在不断变为现实。同时，我们也要看到，生态系统保护和修复、生态环境根本改善不可能一蹴而就，仍然需要付出长期艰苦努力，必须锲而不舍、驰而不息。

3月30日，党和国家领导人习近平、李克强、栗战书、汪洋、王沪宁、赵乐际、韩正、王岐山等来到北京市大兴区黄村镇参加首都义务植树活动。这是植树期间，习近平同在场的干部群众、少先队员亲切交谈。新华社记者 鞠鹏 摄

习近平指出，森林是水库、钱库、粮库，现在应该再加上一个“碳库”。森林和草原对国家生态安全具有基础性、战略性作用，林草兴则生态兴。现在，我国生态文明建设进入了实现生态环境改善由量变到质变的关键时期。我们要坚定不移贯彻新发展理念，坚定不移走生态优先、绿色发展之路，统筹推进山水林田湖草沙一体化保护和系统治理，科学开展国土绿化，提升林草资源总量和质量，巩固和增强生态系统碳汇能力，为推动全球环境和气候治理、建设人与自然和谐共生的现代化作出更大贡献。

习近平强调，植绿护绿、关爱自然是中华民族的传统美德。要弘扬塞罕坝精神，继续推进全民义务植树工作，创新方式方法，加强宣传教育，科学、节俭、务实组织开展义务植树活动。各级领导干部要抓好国土绿化和生态文明建设各项工作，让锦绣河山造福人民。

在京中共中央政治局委员、中央书记处书记、国务委员等参加植树活动。

Xi Jinping participates in Beijing's tree planting activity

Participating in Beijing's tree planting activity on March 30, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, President of the People's Republic of China and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, said that he had participated in such activities for 10 consecutive years. "I want to do my bit for the Beautiful China initiative, and also to sow the seeds of ecological conservation in the entire society, among the Chinese youth in particular," he stressed. Xi said that he intends to call on all Chinese people to act as participators and promoters in the endeavor for ecological conservation. "With perseverance and accumulated efforts, we will be able to make our country's sky bluer, mountains lusher, waters clearer and the environment more beautiful," he said.

Spring has come and everything takes on a fresh look. At 10:30 in the morning, Party and state leaders including Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, Li Zhanshu, Wang Yang, Wang Huning, Zhao Leji, Han Zheng and Wang Qishan arrived at a tree planting site in Huangcun Town, Beijing's Daxing District, and joined volunteers from the capital city to plant trees.

The trees were planted in an urban recreation park in the southern district, which covers an area of about 1,500 mu (100 hectares). The site was originally a reservoir mudflat, but is now designed as an urban park. Upon completion, it will become an ecological space for the residents nearby to relax and get close to nature.

Seeing the general secretary's arrival, those who were planting trees greeted him warmly. Xi waved to them, picked up a shovel and walked to the planting site. Then he got down to work along with the leading officials of the Beijing Municipality and the National Forestry and Grassland Administration, as well as officials, members of the public and Young Pioneers from the capital.

Digging holes with a shovel, building soil berms, watering the trees...Xi planted saplings of Chinese pine, flowering peach, magnolia, crab apple and Chinese ash. While working on the trees, he inquired about the children's study and living conditions, telling them to attain a well-rounded development in terms of moral grounding, intellectual and physical ability, aesthetic sensibility, and work skills. In particular, the role of work skills cannot be underestimated. Xi told them to cultivate the awareness of work, environmental protection and thriftiness from childhood, not to shy away from good deeds no matter how small they seem, and work hard step by step to become the talent needed by the Party and the people. In an atmosphere full of liveliness and vigor, all the participants worked together and had cordial exchanges.

During the break, Xi stressed to all on the site that to achieve sustainable development of the Chinese nation has always remained a goal of ours. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, the Party has united and led the people from all ethnic groups in nationwide greening programs, made historic achievements and created impressive ecological miracles. Since the 18th CPC National Congress in 2012, adhering to the principle that lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets, we have taken comprehensive steps to advance ecological conservation, promoted afforestation and improved the urban and rural living conditions. Beautiful China has been becoming a reality. Meanwhile, we must also be aware that protecting and restoring the ecosystem and fundamentally improving the environment cannot be accomplished at one stroke, but still requires consistent and arduous efforts, so we must work hard and long without letup.

Xi noted that forests have the capacity to conserve water, bring in economic benefits, and boost grain production, and now serve well as a carbon sink. Forests and grasslands are of fundamental and strategic significance for our country's ecological security; when forests and grasslands flourish, the environment thrives. Now China's ecological conservation endeavors have entered a crucial moment when environment protection is progressing from quantitative to qualitative changes. We must apply the new development philosophy and follow a path of prioritizing ecological conservation and pursuing green development. We will protect and manage our ecosystems involving mountains, rivers, forests, farmland, lakes, grasslands and deserts with a holistic approach, carry out greening programs systematically, and increase both quantity and quality of forest and grassland resources. All these will help consolidate and enhance the carbon absorption capacity of ecosystems, and make greater contributions to global environmental and climate governance as well as achieving China's modernization featuring harmony between humanity and nature.

Planting trees, protecting forests, and embracing nature are traditional Chinese virtues, Xi stressed. We will carry forward the spirit of Saihanba, a model in afforestation, and continue to launch nationwide initiatives to plant trees. We will create new ways, improve publicity and communication, and carry out tree planting activities in a systematic, economical, and practical manner. Leading officials at all levels should remain committed to greening programs and all other ecological conservation efforts to ensure that our people live on a land of beauty, charm and fortune.

Members of the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau, members of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee and State Councilors in Beijing also attended the activity.