China desert has a total area of about 700,000 square kilometers. If more than 500,000 square kilometers of Gobi are included, the total area is 6.5438+0.28 million square kilometers, accounting for 654.38+03% of the total land area of China.

According to the latest statistics of the State Forestry Administration, China's forest area has reached 65.438+0.96 billion hectares, and the forest coverage rate has reached 20.36%, of which the plantation area has reached 66.5438+0.68 billion hectares, ranking first in the world.

The desertified land in China decreased by 1, 7 1.7 square kilometers every year, and the ecological status, economic and social status and farmers' living standards in sandy areas improved significantly. China has become the country with the fastest growth of forest resources and the most obvious effect of ecological management in the world.

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This year marks the 22nd World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought. Today, the global commemoration of the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought and the "Belt and Road" high-level dialogue were held in Beijing.

Ministers from countries along the "Belt and Road", representatives of international organizations, domestic and foreign scientists and entrepreneurs gathered in Beijing to work hard to achieve the goal of zero growth of land degradation and jointly build the Green Silk Road. And jointly published the "Belt and Road Initiative" to combat desertification.

After more than half a century of governance, the trend of land desertification and desertification has been reversed. According to the results of the fifth national monitoring of desertification and desertification, the area of desertified land in China has increased from 65,438 0.400 square kilometers annually at the end of last century to 2,424 square kilometers annually, achieving a net reduction of desertified land area for more than ten years.

The theme of World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought on 20 16 is "extensive cooperation to achieve zero growth of land degradation", and the propaganda slogan of "protecting the earth, restoring land and involving the whole people" is put forward. The theme of China Desertification Day is "Preventing and Controlling Deserts, Benefiting the Country and the People".

With the help of the "Belt and Road Initiative" to combat desertification, this high-level dialogue extensively mobilized countries along the route and relevant international organizations to take actions to jointly curb land desertification, protect biodiversity, cope with climate change, build a green Silk Road and build an ecological security system.

The ecological environment is the foundation of sustainable development along the Belt and Road and the guarantee for realizing the vision of the Belt and Road. Protecting and rationally utilizing sand resources, combining the improvement of ecology with the development of sand industry and promoting the development of green economy in sand areas are effective ways to realize the sustainable development of countries along the route.

People's Daily Online-State Forestry Administration: The desertification area in China has been decreasing for more than ten years.