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NEW STRATEGY OF FORESTRY DEVELOPMENT IN OUR COUNTRY

According to the speech "Situation in Forestry and Our Task" delivered on Oct. 28, 1981 by Yong Wentao, the then Minister of Forestry, this article probes into the major points in the new strategy of the forestry development in our country.1 ) Forestry work should be focused on afforestation, forest protection and greening the country. This is the essence of the new strategy. In the past, the forestry work was unduly centered on timber production, which resulted in severe ecological disasters. Under such circumstances, strategical shift is something imperative. 2 ) The foundation of forestry theory and ideological basis of the new strategy is to recognize according to the laws of economy as well as the law of nature the important role of forest in an all round way. Needless to say that forest can provide timber and various kinds of forest products, but what is more important is that it has multiple functions and offers multiple benefits. 3 ) In the past, due to the influence of the "left" erronous ideology, the enthusiasm of the peasants was dampened, thus resulting in such damage as low survival rate of seedlings in afforestation. So we must now apply the Party’s policy to emancipate the minds of the peasants and bring out their initiative. 4 ) Backwardness in forestry science and technology is the chief cause which hinders the production of forestry. To solve this problem, great efforts must be made to raise the level of forestry science and technology, advocate scientific management and popularize forestry education. Only in this way, can forestry development be speeded up.