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It is a common theme faced by mankind in the 21st Century and an important basis for the sustainable economic and social development of China to strengthen eco-construction and maintain eco-safety. To build a well-off society in an all-round way and accelerate the socialist modernization, it is a must to take the road of civilized development featuring the increased productivity, improved living standards and sound eco-conditions, make economic development compatible with population, resources and environment, and realize harmonious coexistence between man and nature. Forest is a principal part of the land eco-system; as an important public welfare undertaking and one of the primary industries, forestry carries the burden of eco-construction and forest products supplies. Therefore, strengthening the work of forestry is of great significance. With a view to accelerating the development of forestry, achieving the goal of beautifying the mountains and rivers, and promoting the national economic and social development, the decision is hereby made as follows: I. STRENGTHENING THE CONSTRUCTION OF FORESTRY IS AN URGENT NEED FOR SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT 1. China has made great achievements in the construction of forestry. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, especially since the adoption of the reform and opening-up policies, the CPC Central Committee and the State Council have attached great importance to forestry and have taken a series of relevant policies and measures, which have effectively propelled the development of forestry: the national tree-planting campaign has been going on in depth; a new situation is being created in which all walks of life afford support for forestry and everybody participates in forestation, the construction of eco-projects such as the "Three-North Shelterbelt" has achieved conspicuously good results; such key projects that are implemented in recent years as natural forest protection, restoration of farmland to forest, and desertification prevention & control has been showing smooth progress; the eco-conditions has been improved remarkably in some regions; the protection of forest, wetland and wildlife resources has been strengthened; the restructuring of forestry has been making progress; the construction of commodity forest bases of various kinds is in the ascendant; the forest products industry has been consolidated; the industries of economic forest, bamboo, rattan and flowers have been growing rapidly; and the comprehensive development of mountainous areas are moving in depth. A more complete organization, legal and work system is being formed for the cultivation, conservation and utilization of forest resources. Since 1949, the forestry sector has provided an accumulative total of over 5 billion cubic meters of timber; at present, the national forest coverage rate has reached 16.55%, and China's plantation acreage ranks the first in the world. Forestry has contributed significantly to the construction of the national economy and the improvement of the eco-conditions, and has played a growingly important role in promoting the development of the agriculture and the rural economy, expanding the employment both in urban and rural areas, and in increasing the farmer's income. 2. A drastic transformation of forestry is urgently needed to sustain China's economic and social development. With economic and social development and improved living standards, the acceleration of forestry development and the improvement of eco-conditions are urgently demanded by the society all the more, and forestry has become more and more prominent in the economic and social development. Forestry satisfies not only the society's diversified need for forest products such as timber, but also the needs for improving the eco-conditions and ensuring the eco-safety of the land. The eco-need has, among other needs that the society places on forestry, become the primary one. China's forestry is undergoing an important period of transformation and transition and standing at a historical turning point from the timber production-oriented pattern to the eco-construction-oriented one. 3. The situation for accelerating the development of forestry is still not optimistic. At present, the trend of the eco-conditions featuring improvement in some regions and deterioration in the country as a whole has not been radically reversed; problems such as desertification, wetland decrease and bio-diversity destruction have gained momentum; phenomena such as reckless and excessive felling of trees, unauthorized cultivation and unrestricted occupation of forested land, indiscriminate catching and wanton hunting of wild animals, and unauthorized collection of and unrestrained digging for wild plants cannot be checked effectively despite repeated crackdown; the threat of forest fires, plant diseases and insect pests is still serious. The administration and operation mechanism of forestry is still incapable of meeting the requirement of changing situations; with a small scale, low content of science and technology and an irrational structure, the forestry industry are confused by a sharp conflict between supply and demand of timber, slow income increase for employees in the forestry sector and other people in the forest areas, and retarded development of social undertakings. From an overall perspective, China is still a country lacking forest resources; in China, the gross forest resources are far from being sufficient, the overall functions of the forest eco-system remain weak and are in sharp conflict with the social needs; and the task of forestry reform and development has been arduous than ever before. 4.Forestry construction should be placed in a more prominent position. In the course of building a well-off society in an all-round way and propelling the socialist modernization in a faster pace, we should pay sufficient attention to and strengthen the work of forestry, and work for bigger development of China's forestry. We should give to forestry an important place in the implementation of the strategy of sustainable development, a leading position in the eco-construction, and a basic status in the development of China's western regions. II. THE GUIDING THOUGHT, BASIC PRINCIPLES AND MAJOR TASKS IN ACCELERATING THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORESTRY 5. Guidelines We should take the Deng Xiaoping Theory and the Important Thought of the "Three Represents" as the guide, implement the spirit of the 16th CPC National Congress in depth, form the eco-construction-focused pattern of sustainable development for forestry, establish the land eco-safety system which takes forest and vegetation as the main part and integrates forest with grass, build a eco-civilized society with beautiful mountains and rivers, protect, cultivate and rationally utilize the forest resources, and realize the leap-forward development, in a way that forestry can better serve the national economy and the social development. 6. Basic Principles ---Stick to mobilization of the whole nation, participation of every citizen, and sponsorship for forestry from all walks of life; ---Stick to integration of ecological, economic and social benefits, while giving priority to eco-benefits; ---Stick to strict protection, active furtherance, scientific operation, and sustained utilization of forest resources; ---Stick to combination of government dominance and market regulation, and apply classified operation and administration to forestry; ---Stick to respect for natural and economic law, adjust measures to local conditions, rationally configure arbor, shrubbery and herbage, and coordinate the development of forestry in urban and rural areas; ---Stick to rejuvenation of the country through science and education; ---Stick to rule of law in forestry. 7. Major Tasks We should strengthen the administration of the existing forests, expand new forests, and do a good job in the restoration of farmland to forest, so as to increase forest resources, consolidate the overall functions of the forest eco-system, increase the effective supply of forest products, and raise the income of the employees in the forestry sector and the farmers. We should strive to accomplish by 2010 a national forest coverage rate of not less than 19%, moderate soil and water losses in the basins of big rivers as well as the desertification of major sand areas, and check the trend of overall deterioration of the eco-conditions nationwide on a preliminary basis, and rationalize the industrial structure of forestry. By 2020, we should accomplish a national forest coverage rate of not less than 23%, basically solve the eco-problems in key areas, remarkably improve the eco-conditions nationwide, and conspicuously enhance the strength of the forest industry. By 2050, we should accomplish and stabilize a national forest coverage rate of not less than 26%, basically realize the beautification of mountains and rivers, the stepping of the eco-conditions into a benign cycle and the moderation of the conflict between supply of and demand for forest products, and establish a relatively complete forest eco-system and a relatively advanced forest industrial system. To achieve the above goals, we should intensify our efforts in protecting natural forests, wildlife resources, wetland, and aged and precious trees; in building the waterhead self-restraint forest, water & soil conservation forest, shelter and sand-fixation forest, and embankment shelterbelt in (on) major river basins, sandy land fringes and coastal areas; in planting trees in the undeveloped hills usable for afforestation, the open fields and the surrounding areas of cities and villages, and on both sides of roads and channels; in constructing the bases of economic forests and commodity forests for timber, firewood, flowers, etc; in developing forest parks, urban forests, and other recreational forests. At the same time, we should accelerate the restructuring of forestry, improve the economic efficiency of forestry, step up innovation for the administration and operation mechanisms of forestry, and bring into full play the initiative from all walks of life in developing forestry. III. THE KEY PROJECTS AND PROPEL THE ECO-CONSTRUCTION 8. Continuously handling well the construction of key forestry projects. While intensifying our efforts in implementing the natural forest protection project, tightening the control over tree-felling in natural forests, and protecting, restoring and developing the natural forest resources in the upper reaches of Yangtze River, the middle and lower reaches of Yellow River, and in regions such as Northeast China, Inner Mongolia, etc. we should handle well the project of restoring farmland to forest (grassland), performing the relevant policies on compensation to the farmers for the restoration, encouraging the development of follow-up industries which have market potentials by combing the restructuring of agriculture with the development of unique industries, and settling the long-term livelihood of such farmers. We should continue to push forward the construction of shelterbelt systems in key regions such as "Three-North" (Northwest China, North China and Northeast China) and Yangtze Basin, adjust our measures to suit local conditions, set up defense against different hazards, build the shelterbelt systems of various kinds, deal with the various eco-disasters of in these regions, handle well the desertification prevention & control project, e.g. the treatment of sources of sand storms around Beijing and Tianjin, protect and increase vegetation through comprehensive measures such as designating the sealed conservation zones, planting trees and grass, conducting eco-treatment in minor basins, confining livestock to pens, immigrate people for eco-consideration, and rationally utilizing water resources, in an effort to effectively curb the sand storms in the capital area and other major areas troubled with sand storms. We should pay sufficient attention to the protection of wildlife and the construction of the nature protection zones, intensify our efforts in saving the precious and rare species on the brink of extinction, restore the typical eco-systems, enlarge the areas of nature protection, improve the protection level, strengthen the protection of wildlife, wetland and biodiversity in our country, accelerate the construction of the forest industry bases mainly focused on the rapid-growing & productive timber forest. We should develop the intensive forestry in the regions where the conditions permit, accelerate the construction of various kinds of timber forest and other commodity forest, increase the effective supply of forest products such as timber, and ease the tension in eco-construction. 9. Pushing forward the all-china voluntary tree-planting campaign and furthering public afforestation in diverse forms. We should keep on diversifying and improving the forms of voluntary tree planting, expand the voluntary groups of right-age citizens, and improve the effectiveness of voluntary tree planting. Region-based administration will be applied to the voluntary tree planting, which is to be organized by town (township) in the rural areas and by neighborhood in the urban areas, with the registration and appraisal systems being established and improved. We should further specify the scope of responsibility for departments and organizations in afforestation, implement the responsibility system based on division of functions, and strengthen the supervision and inspection. The green passageway projects should be planned with road construction and channel rectification, distributed rationally and constructed at a faster pace. We should combine city afforestation with both environmental beautification and eco-functional enhancement, and raise the construction level step-by-step. We should encourage military forces, social groups, foreign investors, and the masses to contribute to afforestation, and form an afforestation pattern with multi-parts, layers and forms. IV. OPTIMIZING THE FORESTRY STRUCTURE AND PROMOTE THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT 10. Accelerating the Structural Upgrading of Forestry Industry. We should adapt ourselves to the changes of eco-construction and market demand, propel the industrial restructuring, optimize the distribution of resources, and accelerate the formation of a new development pattern for forestry industry which is based on the cultivation of forest resources, driven by the intensive and deep processing, and bolstered by the progress in science and technology. The development of raw material and timber forest bases through intensive operational means is encouraged. We should actively develop the timber processing industry, particularly the intensive and deep processing industry, extend the industrial chain, add value in multiple times, improve the comprehensive utilization efficiency of timber, give special attention to the development of such new product industries as the economic forest, eco-tourism, bamboo, rattan, flowers, and forest food, which are popular, special, new or of high quality, as well as the implantation of precious tree species and medicinal materials and the husbandry of wild animals, cultivate new economic growth points in forestry, make full use of the advantages enjoyed by our country such as vast land and rich biological and labor resources, and spare no efforts in developing the export of forest products with local characteristics. 11.Strengthening the guidance on, and the regulation of, the development of forestry industries. We should intensify our efforts in compiling the development planning for forestry industries and in formulating the industrial policies, so as to guide the healthy development of the industries and avoid the low-level construction of redundant projects. We should encourage the cultivation of name-brand products and leading enterprises, popularize the enterprise-base-farmer operation model, and accelerating the development of forestry industries. We should support the development of specialized cooperative organizations of various kinds, improve the socialized service system, and cultivate and standardize markets for forestry products and forestry production factors. For timber produced by farmers, direct links between producers and sellers may be established so as to expand their access to the market and boost the vigor for developing forestry industries. 12. Further Expanding the Opening-up of Forestry. We should fully utilize the markets and resources both at home and abroad to accelerate the development of forestry. Considering the fact that China has a weak foundation in forestry and face arduous tasks of construction, we should introduce into China more capitals, resources, high-quality seeds, technologies and managerial experience. We should expand the scale of foreign investment utilization and encourage the involvement of foreign investment in afforestation and in the development of forest products processing industries. We should formulate the favorable policies for expanding the export of forest products, improve the incentive mechanism for such export and enhance the international competitiveness of China's forest products. We should keep on implementing the Strategy of Going-global and consolidate the overseas exploitation of forestry. We should actively conduct forest certification and integrate it with the international standard as soon as possible. We should take effective measures to protect the germ plasm resources, administer their export and prevent the entry of pests across the border. We should seriously implement the relevant international conventions and enhance the international exchange and cooperation on eco-protection. V. DEEPENING THE REFORM OF FORESTRY AND ENERGIZING THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORESTRY 13. Further improving the forestry property rights system. Such improvement is an important basis for bringing into full play the initiative in afforestation of all walks of life and for promoting the sound and rapid development of forestry. We should, in strict compliance with the law, protect the property rights of forest owners and safeguard their lawful rights and interests. For the property rights that are clearly defined, if the certificates thereon have been issued, the legal effect of such certificates shall be upheld or, if such certificates have not been issued, the issue of certificates shall be conducted as soon as possible. For the property rights that are not clearly defined or are in dispute, no time may be lost for their clear definition or mediation, with the property rights certification to be issued as soon as possible. After the restoration of farmland to forest, the relevant formalities shall be processed timely in accordance with law. For the hills that have already been allotted for private use, the households may use them without compensation for a long term. None of them may be withdrawn by force. The households enjoy the ownership of the trees on such hills. If afforestation has not been conducted, the measures thereon shall be taken within a time limit. For the responsibility hills contracted by the households, the contracting relationship shall be stabilized. When a round of contracting expires, if the contracting practice is basically rational, the households may renew the contract; if the contracting practice is ascertained to be distinctly irrational, the households can renew the contract after improving the relevant practice. A written contract shall be signed in the new round of contracting; the term of contract will be implemented in accordance with the relevant laws. A contract that has already been renewed but falls short of the statutory term of contract may be extended to the statutory term after the relevant formalities are fulfilled. If a household is unwilling to renew the contracting, it may hand back the hills to the collective economic organization for otherwise disposal. We should give differentiated treatment and classified guidance to the mountain forests which are under the unified operation and management of the collective, and actively explore the effective operation forms. For the joint-stock forestry centers and the co-operative forestry centers that are popular with the people and have good operational conditions, their operation forms shall be stabilized and improved. For the other tracts of forestland, a form of "splitting stock and profit instead of the forest" may be adopted to define the property rights down to individuals. For the scattered forestland, the ownership of timber and the use rights of such land may, after being reasonably priced, be transferred to individual operation. For the undeveloped hills and fields usable for afforestation, their operating subjects may be determined directly through such forms as household contracting, bidding, or auctions, or in appropriate forms after the uniform arrangement and exploitation of the collective. For the undeveloped hills and fields usable but difficult for afforestation, the use rights of a certain duration may, through open bidding, be transferred without compensation to the capable organization(s) and person(s), with a time limit set for the afforestation. The adoption of an operation form, no matter what it is, must go through a democratic decision-making process with the members of the collective economic organization; the internal members of the said organization will be given preference in getting the operation rights. 14. Accelerating the rational circulation of use rights of forest, timber and forest land. The state encourages the rational circulation of use rights of forest, timber and forestland based on clearly defined property rights. All social subjects may participate in the circulation through such forms as contracting, lease, assignment, auction, negotiation and transfer. At present, focus should be given to propelling the circulation of use rights of the undeveloped hills, fields and deserts usable for forestation of state and collective ownership. The undeveloped hills, fields and deserts of state ownership usable for forestation for which the operating subjects have not been determined or are unable to conduct forestation temporarily due to lack of forces may be forested by the nearby military forces, production and construction corps or other organizations in accordance with the relevant provisions of the state, with the timber produced to be owned by those conducting the afforestation. The use rights of forest, timber and forested land may be inherited, functioned as mortgage, guarantee, stock holding, or taken as capital contribution or conditions for joint venture and cooperation. We should actively foster the standing timber market, develop the forest resources assets assessment institutions, promote the rational circulation of timber, and bring into full play the initiative of the operating subjects in investing in the exploitation. For the aforesaid circulation, we should standardize the procedures, strengthen the administration thereof, provide good services, process the property rights alteration registration formalities in good time, and protect the lawful rights and interests of the parties concerned. During the circulation, we should resolutely prevent the occurrence of such phenomena as reckless and excessive felling of trees, alteration of the purpose of forestland, change of the nature of public welfare forest, and loss of public assets. We should strengthen the supervision and administration of the funds designated for forestry construction after circulation. The administrative department in charge of forestry under the State Council shall, in conjunction with other departments, lose no time in formulating the specific measures for the circulation of use rights of forest, timber and forest land, and implement them with the approval of the State Council. 15. Setting no boundary for the development of the non-public sector of forestry. The state encourages all social subjects to invest in the development of forestry in such manners as being trans-ownership, trans-industrial and trans-regional. All capable farmers, urban residents, science and technological personnel, private business owners, foreign investors, cadres and other staff of enterprises, non-profit institutions, administrative organs and social groups may participate in the development and construction of forestry, solely or through partnership. We should further define the legal status of the non-public sector of forestry and implement the policy prescribing that a forest will be owned by whoever reclaims it and joint reclamation gives rise to joint ownership. We should unify the policies concerning tax and fees, resources utilization, investment and financing, and create a fair and competitive environment for forestry operating subjects of all types. 16. Deepening the reform of the administration system for the key forest zones of state ownership and the state-owned forestry centers and nursery gardens. The state will establish a forest resources administration system featuring the integration of rights, obligations and interests, and the administration of assets, personnel and other affairs, and, in accordance with the principle of separating government functions from enterprise management, peel the forest resources administration functions off the forestry enterprises. The administrative organs in charge of state-owned forest will exercise the forest resources administration functions on behalf of the state, perform the responsibilities of investor and enjoy owners' equity. The social administration functions presently undertaken by the enterprises will be transferred to the government so as to enable the enterprises to compete in the market as independent operation subjects. The state-owned forest enterprises should conduct restructuring in accordance with the principle of specialized co-operation, and properly install the abundant employees. The administrative department in charge of forestry under the State Council should work out the specific reform scheme in conjunction with the people's governments of the relevant provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government and the relevant departments under the State Council, and implement it upon the approval of the State Council. We should deepen the reform of state-owned forestry centers, define them separately as the public welfare ones and the commodity operating ones, and conduct the corresponding adjustment to the internal structure and operating mechanism of the centers. The public welfare forestry centers should take the protection and cultivation of forest resources as their main tasks and be administered as the institutions for non-profit undertakings, with the capital needed being borne by the government at the same level in accordance with administrative subjection. The commodity operating forestry centers and the state-owned nursery centers should implement overall corporate management, operate under market mechanism, assume sole responsibility for their profits or losses, and while protecting, cultivating forest resources and exerting ecological and social benefits, adopt flexible operating forms, develop diversified business, and give into full play their production and operating potential. We should care for the employees of the state-owned forestry centers and nursery gardens and solve the problems during their work or living. We should accelerate the administrative reform of the public-owned sector of forestry, and encourage the breaking of regional blockade and the establishment of cross-regional unions of forestry centers and nursery gardens through such forms as association, merger, acquisition, and joint-stock operation at their own free will and for their mutual benefits, in an effort to achieve economies of scale, reduce costs of operation and improve economic results. 17. Applying a classified operation and administration system to forestry. While fully exerting the multi-functions of forest, the forest zones of the country will, according to their main functions, be classified into two categories: public welfare forestry and commodity forestry, for which different administrative systems, operational mechanisms and policies will be adopted. We should reform and improve the quota system for woodcutting and take different resources administration measures for such two categories off forestry. The public welfare forestry should be administered by referring to the administration of public undertakings. Social forces will be attracted to conduct joint construction, with the domination of government investment. The commodity forestry should be administered by referring to the administration of basic industries; its resources are to be allocated by the market, with necessary support afforded by the government. For the forest resources covered by the administration of public welfare forestry, the government will give reasonable compensation to the investors in diverse forms. We should change the existing pattern of afforestation investment and administration, and at the same time of improving the bidding system and the reimbursement system, arrange for some investment in afforestation and explore the direct purchase of public welfare forest of non-public ownership built by various social subjects. The construction investment for public welfare forest and the compensation fund for eco-benefits of forest will, in accordance with the division of affairs, be respectively borne by the Central Government and the local governments. We should establish the public welfare forest certification system. VI. STRENGTHENING POLICY SUPPORT AND SAFEGUARDING THE LONG-TERM AND STABLE DEVELOPMENT OF FORESTRY 18. Increasing governmental investment in forestry construction. The investment for the construction and administration of public welfare forestry as well as the construction of key forestry infrastructures should be incorporated into the budget of governments at all levels, and arranged for on a priority basis. The state should give top priority to guaranteeing the financial arrangement for the construction of key eco-projects that have a bearing on the national economy and the people's livelihood. The investment for the construction of regional eco-projects planned by the local governments should be incorporated into the local budgets. The investment for the construction of complementary eco-projects should be incorporated into the overall budgets of the projects concerned. The compensation fund for eco-benefits of forest should be incorporated into the central and local budgets separately, with the scale of fund to be increased gradually. The agricultural support funds for work-for-aid and comprehensive development of agriculture should involve more investment into forestry construction as appropriate. The state should arrange for a part of the investment for the construction of the fast-growing and high-productive timber forest bases in the key regions and the construction of such public welfare projects during the construction of timber forest of precious tree species as forest fire prevention, prevention & control of plant diseases and insect pests, and development & promotion of high-quality seeds and seedlings. The state should gradually standardize the afforestation subsidizing criteria for the construction of eco-projects of all types. With the gradual deepening of the reform in key state-owned forest zones, the local governments concerned should, at the necessary support of the state, take over the responsibility for social undertakings investment previously borne by the forest enterprises. 19. Strengthening financial support to the development of forestry. The state will continue to implement the credit support policies featuring long duration and low interest. The duration of credit in a specific case, may, in light of the life cycle of forest, be determined out of the consultation between the bank and the enterprise. A certain amount of financial subsidy may be granted on the basis of specific circumstances. The relevant financial institutions should relax the credit terms to an extent as appropriate for afforestation conducted by individuals, and expand the small-amount credit and the chain guarantee loans oriented towards agricultural households and forest employees. The forest operating subjects may, in accordance with law, mortgage their forest to obtain a bank loan. The forest enterprises are encouraged to raise funds by IPO. 20. Easing the burden of taxation and fee-charging on forestry. We should continue to implement and standardize various forestry tax preferential policies that have been promulgated by the state. The state will, in accordance with the overall requirements of the rural tax and fees reform, phase out the collection of agricultural specialty tax on log and bamboo. The state will abolish all unreasonable fees against forestry farmers and other producers and operators in the forestry sector. We should reform the measures for the collection, management and use of afforestation fund. The collected afforestation fund should be gradually and fully reimbursed to the producers and operators in the forestry sector, while the gap of funds for grass-root forestry management organizations arising thereby will be settled by the treasury. VII. INTENSIFYING THE REINVIGORATION OF FORESTRY THROUGH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND STICKING TO THE RULE OF LAW IN FORESTRY 21. Strengthening the education on forestry science and technologies. We should attach great importance to the basic study and application research of forestry science as well as the development of high & new technologies, and improve the technological innovation capacity of forestry. Focus in this regard should be given to the R&D of such key technologies as high-quality seeds selection & cultivation, forestation in the areas with bad conditions, prevention & control of serious plant diseases and insect pests, desertification prevention & control, monitoring of forest resources and eco-conditions, conservation & utilization of germ plasm resources, compound operation of forest farmers, administration & control of forest fires, and processing & transformation of major economic forest products. We should handle well the construction of key laboratories and observation stations, science databases and information networks in the forestry sector. The construction of key projects in forestry shall be simultaneously designed, implemented and checked upon completion with the promotion of forestry technologies. The state will deepen the reform in forestry science and technologies, and while supporting the basic and public-welfare scientific research in forestry, promote the marketization of non-public-welfare scientific research and technologies. The research organizations, institutions of higher learning, and science and technology personnel are encouraged to accelerate the conversion of science and technologic achievements through such forms as founding science and technology enterprises, establishing science and technology model bases, and operating technological contracting and consulting services. We should reinforce the construction of the service system for promoting forestry technologies and stabilize the science and technology personnel establishment. The organizations and persons who have made outstanding contributions to the scientific research, promotion of new technologies, development of new products, etc. in the forestry sector will be heavily rewarded. We should perfect the relevant policies and promote the integration of forestry, science and education and the integration of technology, industry and trade; push forward the standardization in forestry, establish and improve the quality standards and inspection & detection systems with regard to forestry; keep on enhancing international cooperation in the areas of forestry technologies; establish various kinds of forestry personnel education and training systems in the light of the characteristics of forestry construction; intensify our efforts in the training of forestry employees and improve the overall quality of forestry constructors. 22. Reinforcing the legal construction in forestry. We should accelerate the legislation in forestry, intensify our efforts in formulating laws and regulations in such areas as protection of natural forest and wetland, operation & management of state-owned forest resources, use rights circulation for timber and forested land, use & management of forestry construction funds, quality supervision & administration of forestry projects, and construction of key forestry projects, and revise the existing laws and regulations in the light of new conditions. We should enhance the law enforcement in forestry, tighten the protection and management of forest and wildlife resources, crack down on such illegal or criminal acts as reckless and excessive felling of trees, unauthorized cultivation and unrestricted occupation of forested land, indiscriminate catching and wanton hunting of wild animals, and strictly ban the arbitrary collection of and digging for wild plants. We should consolidate the law enforcement, supervision and administration systems in forestry, reinforce the personnel to that end, improve the conditions for their work, raise their quality, strengthen the education on forestry justice and eco-ethics, and create sound social atmosphere and law enforcement environment for their statutory functioning. 23. The Party committees and governments at all levels should pay sufficient attention to forestry, be aware of the importance and urgency of forestry construction in implementing the sustainable development strategy and in building a well-off society in an all-round way, incorporate forestry construction into the national economic and social development plan, and ensure heightened awareness, clearly defined responsibilities, sound policies and effective work during such construction. All departments concerned shall seriously perform their functions and coordinate with each other in supporting the development of forestry. The state will, in light of the requirements for the development of forestry, consolidate the administrative system for forestry and reinforce the building of forestry administration organs at all levels. We should establish a complete and dynamic monitoring system for forestry, reorganize the existing monitoring resources, conduct dynamic monitoring of China's forest resources, desertification and other eco-changes, and make regular promulgation of the monitoring results. The forestry promotion and service system should be improved. As institutions at the lowest basic level for implementing and organizing the administration of forestry production and operation, the forestry work stations of towns (townships) should fully exert their functions and roles in policy publicizing, resources maintenance, forestry administrative law enforcement, production organizing, technology promotion, social services, etc. The forestry industry should work hard with selfless sacrifice and make new contributions to promoting the development of forestry. VIII. STRENGTHENING THE LEADERSHIP OVER FORESTRY 24. Upholding and improving the office-term objective management responsibility system for forestry construction. We should rationally distribute the power of affairs in forestry construction between the Central and the local governments. The Central Government exercises leadership over forestry nationwide and is in charge of formulating laws and regulations in forestry and the national forestry development plan, guiding and coordinating the solution of grave problems concerning forestry and ecology at the national level or across different provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government, and assisting the localities in accelerating the development of forestry. The governments at all local levels should bear full responsibilities for forestry in their respective localities. The person-in-charge of a government is the first responsible person for forestry construction, while the person assigned the responsibility for forestry is the major responsible person for forestry construction. The office-term objective management will be applied to the major indexes of forestry construction, which is subject to strict appraisal and clearly defined rewards or punishment and whose implementation will be supervised by the people's congress at the same level. The organization departments and the disciplinary inspection organs under the Party committees at all local levels should take the implementation of the responsibility system as an important basis for political achievements appraisal, selection, appointment, rewards and punishment of cadres. For the construction of key forestry projects of the state, we should uphold the administration system under which planning will be implemented at, tasks decomposed and funds allocated to, and responsibilities defined for, the provincial level. The progress of project construction is subject to regular inspection and notification. A responsibility investigation system for serious cases of forest destruction, cases of improper use of capitals, and project quality accidents will be installed; in case of violation of the provisions, the responsibility of the leaders concerned shall be investigated for. 25. Mobilizing the forces of the whole society to care for and support forestry. The trade unions, women's federations, Communist Youth Leagues, the organizations of militia, youth and students, and other social groups should play their respective roles in mobilizing all social forces to work for the cause of forestation. The People's Liberation Army and the police forces, which have contributed significantly to forest protection and the cause of afforestation, should carry forward their good traditions and actively undertake afforestation tasks. We should strengthen the communication and education on forestry and raise the eco-safety awareness of the entire nation. The primary and middle schools should reinforce the relevant contents and popularize the knowledge about forestry and ecology; the media should incorporate forestry into public welfare communication. All localities and departments should rally closely around the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Hu Jingtao as the General Secretary, uphold the great banner of the Deng Xiaoping Theory, seriously implement the Important Thought of the "Three Represents", mobilize the people of the country to contribute to the great cause of forestry construction, and build China into a modernized socialist country with beautiful mountains and rivers, harmonious eco-conditions and sustained development. |
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