19th World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought

June 17 this year is the nineteenth World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought ". The theme of China's propaganda is "curbing desertification and realizing Chinese Dream", which aims to further encourage and mobilize the broad masses of the people to continue to carry forward the indomitable and hard-working Populus euphratica spirit, actively participate in the great cause of desertification prevention and control, and jointly build a beautiful China. Chinese Dream.

Desertification is a hot issue in the world, and it is also the most serious ecological problem in China. The Chinese government has always attached great importance to the prevention and control of desertification, adopted a series of major measures to control desertified land, and embarked on a road of desertification prevention and control with Chinese characteristics. After a long period of unremitting efforts, China's desertification prevention and control work has achieved remarkable results. The area of desertified land has changed from an average annual expansion of 3436 square kilometers at the end of the last century to an average annual reduction of 1717 square kilometers at present, realizing a major change from "sand advancing and people retreating" to "people advancing and retreating. Sand and dust weather has decreased. There were 8 times of sand and dust weather in northern my country this spring, which is 50% of the average level in the past 11 years.

The issue of desertification prevention and control is related to global ecological security and human living space, as well as poverty alleviation and economic and social development in sandy areas. The United Nations attaches great importance to the prevention and control of desertification. The General Assembly has adopted a resolution to raise the issue of desertification to the strategic height of maintaining world political and regional stability, food security and promoting social development. It has designated 2010-2020 as the "United Nations Decade for Desertification and Desertification Control", put forward a new goal of achieving zero growth in global desertification land area by 2030, and established a new mechanism to consider the progress and effectiveness of global implementation, new requirements have been placed on countries to implement the Convention to Combat Desertification.

Although the cause of desertification prevention and control in China has made great progress, the task of desertification prevention and control is still very arduous. There are 2.62 million square kilometers of desertified land in the country, accounting for 27% of the country's land area. More than 0.4 billion people are harmed by desertification, causing direct economic losses of more than 54 billion billion yuan each year. Desertification has become an important constraint for building an ecological civilization and a beautiful China, building a well-off society in an all-round way, and realizing the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. The 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China clearly requires to promote the comprehensive control of desertification, rocky desertification, and soil erosion, strive to build a beautiful China, and realize the sustainable development of the Chinese nation. During his inspection in Hainan, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that protecting the ecological environment is to protect productivity, and improving the ecological environment is to develop productivity. A good ecological environment is the fairest public product and the most inclusive well-being of the people.