The origins of Arbor Day in China

China's Arbor Day is one of the countries that started earlier, on March 12 is China's Tree Planting Day is the anniversary of the death of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the origin of the festival with Dr. Sun Yat-sen has a great deal. Dr. Sun Yat-sen had attached great importance to the construction of forestry. He served as interim President of the Republic of China government in Nanjing to set up in the near future, in May 1912 established the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, under the mountains Division, in charge of administration of the National Forestry. November 1914 promulgation of China's modern history's first "forest law." In 1915, Dr. Sun Yat-sen have been aware of the importance of environmental protection and began to promote tree planting activities and the traditional Ching Ming Festival as Arbor Day in China. After the death of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the KMT government also changed to Arbor Day on March 12, which is the anniversary of the death of Dr. Sun Yat-sen.

In February 1979, five of the NPC Standing Committee in accordance with the sixth meeting of the State Council's proposal will be adopted on March 12 as Arbor Day in China's resolutions, this resolution is about mobilizing people of all ethnic groups active tree-planting Afforestation, speed up the greening of the motherland and the pace of forestry construction. The Dr. Sun Yat-sen passed away on the day as Arbor Day in China, but also to cherish the memory of the great achievements of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, a symbol of Dr. Sun Yat-sen failed to achieve his last wish to achieve in the new China and to achieve better. March 12, 1980, the Chinese Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications issued a set of 4 entitled "afforestation and greening of the motherland," the stamps. In 1981, Comrade Deng Xiaoping's initiative, the fourth meeting of the Fifth National People's Congress passed the "all the people on the resolution of the voluntary tree-planting campaign," the State Council promulgated the following year for all voluntary tree-planting campaign to the specific implementation. March 12, 1990, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications has issued a set of 4 "Green Motherland" stamps, the first stamps called "universal voluntary tree-planting." Arbor Day around the various parts of China should focus on afforestation activities. Since December 1981, the Chinese people voluntary tree-planting a total of more than 35,000,000,000. China is implementing the "Three North" and the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River region focus on the building of shelter-forests, returning farmland to forests and grasslands, wildlife and nature reserve construction, natural forest protection, such as the six key forestry projects. To the end of 2000, China's forest coverage has reached 16.55 percent, the city built urban public green space per capita increased to 6.52 square meters, of the National Nature Reserve with a total area of more than 100,000,000 hectares.