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LIAOYANG, China, Dec. 8, 2022 /Xinhua=KYODO JBN/--

Recently, the National Forestry and Grassland Administration announced the new

list of "National Forest Cities", and Liaoyang is the only city in Northeast

China among the 26 cities newly titled as "National Forest City".

Located in Liaoning Province, Liaoyang is one of the most time-honored cites in

Northeast China. Liaoyang has attached great importance to ecological

conservation and restoration, strengthening the protection of biodiversity,

enhancing the management of forest resources, and vigorously carrying out

ecological management and restoration of closed mines. The city has implemented

59 ecological management projects in total, covering an area of 210.2 hectares.

Through ecological management, the damaged mountains in the mine area turn

green again, and the ecological and social benefits are remarkable. Up to now,

the forest coverage of this city has reached 37.04%, and the per capita park

green land area has increased from 10.84 m2 to 12.27 m2, according to the

Publicity Department of the CPC Liaoyang Municipal Committee.

The ultimate goal of building the National Forest City is to improve people's

well-being. The Liaoyang Municipal Government takes active measures to develop

the characteristic forestry industry by expanding it from single forest culture

and management industry to forestry industry projects integrating many fields

such as economic forest, seedling, flowers, and undergrowth economy.

Furthermore, the government has built a 3,935-hectare characteristic economic

forest base, and reconstructed a 100-hectare land. It also has developed a

629.65-hectare undergrowth industry base, and built a 745.8-hectare timber

forest base and 10 flower and seedling industry bases. Forest workers' income

has increased year by year, and the total output of the forestry-related

industries in this city reached RMB 1.07 billion in 2021 alone.

Source: Publicity Department of the CPC Liaoyang Municipal Committee

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