Adhere to afforestation and build a million mu of artificial forest, with Haicheng as the leader. Why?

More than half a century ago, Saihanba had a fragile ecological foundation and harsh natural conditions. 1962, the former Ministry of Forestry established Saihanba Mechanical Forest Farm, and 369 forest farm entrepreneurs resolutely set foot on the Saibei Plateau from the north and south of the Yangtze River. This team, whose average age is less than 24 years old, has written an epic struggle history with their own hands. Generations of builders of Saihanba Forest Farm, in the desert sandy land where "yellow sand covers the sky and birds have no trees", listened to the call of the party, worked hard and were willing to contribute, creating the miracle of transforming wasteland into forest, interpreting the concept that clear water and green mountains are priceless with practical actions, and casting the precious spirit of Saihanba. Saihanba, from pioneering to unswervingly inheriting Do not forget your initiative mind, has successfully built a million mu of artificial forest, creating a typical example in the history of ecological civilization construction in the world. Forest farm builders won the Earth Guardian Award, the highest honor of environmental protection of the United Nations, and the mechanical forest farm won the title of national poverty alleviation model, which became a vivid example of promoting ecological civilization construction.

Promoting the construction of ecological civilization depends on both material and spiritual strength. "There is wind every year, from the beginning of the year to the end of the year." In the early stage of construction, Saihanba was characterized by bad climate, serious desertification, lack of food and housing, and remoteness and isolation. The extreme minimum temperature reaches MINUS 43.3 degrees Celsius, and the average annual snow time is as long as 7 months. Saihanba people insist on "treating slopes first, then treating nests, first producing and then living", eating black oat flour, drinking ice and snow water, living in horse racks and sleeping on the floor, overcoming all kinds of difficulties, planting seedlings of larch, Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica and spruce, and letting green take root and spread in the plateau desert. From changing the forestry development model, building ecological conservation functional areas, realizing the organic combination of afforestation protection and ecological utilization, to boldly exploring in deepening the reform of state-owned forest farms, promoting green development, enhancing carbon sink capacity, and effectively building an ecological barrier between Beijing and Tianjin, a new generation of Saihanba people will take over the baton of green development and bravely shoulder the burden of ecological civilization construction, so that the spirit of Saihanba will continue to glow with new glory of the times. In an important ecological position of the country, Saihanba people shoulder the historical mission of ecological restoration and protection, creating a green milestone in the history of ecological construction in alpine sandy land. Whether it is a forest ranger who stands silently and selflessly at Wanghailou or a forest ranger who insists on working year after year, Saihanba people plant not only a tree, but also a kind of belief and spirit, creating not only "beautiful mountains" but also "spiritual highlands" that people admire.