Local residents stroll in Xujiahui Park in downtown Shanghai. [Photo by Xing Yi/chinadaily.com.cn]

Shanghai will increase its forest coverage and per capita greenery area by implementing a "forest chief" scheme, municipal officials told a news conference on Oct. 14.

10月14日，上海市政府官员在新闻发布会上表示，上海将通过推行“林长制”，扩大森林覆盖率和人均公园绿地面积。

Deng Jianping, director of the city's greenery and public sanitary bureau, said the forest coverage in Shanghai aims to reach 19.5 percent by 2025 and 23 percent by 2035. The target for per capita greenery area is 9.5 square meters by 2025 and 13 square meters by 2035.

上海市绿化和市容管理局局长邓建平表示，力争到2025年，上海市森林覆盖率达到19.5%，人均公园绿地面积达到9.5平方米以上；到2035年，上海市森林覆盖率达到23%，人均公园绿地面积达到13平方米以上。

China started exploring the "forest chief" scheme in Anhui and Jiangxi provinces in 2017. Top Communist Party of China or government officials at provincial, city, county or township levels should assume the role of forest chief in their areas of administration.

2017年，中国开始在安徽和江西两省探索林长制。省、市、县、乡各级党政领导须在本行政区域内担任林长职务。

The plan was later expanded nationwide. In January, the general offices of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council released a guideline on comprehensively implementing forest chiefs across the country.

今年1月份，中共中央办公厅、国务院办公厅印发了《关于全面推行林长制的意见》，林长制开始在全国范围内推行。

Video: China's "forest chief" scheme safeguards greenery, enriches foresters

Video/Xinhua (published on March, 2021)

forest coverage rate  森林覆盖率 （请戳往期链接）

ecological red line strategy  生态保护红线战略 （请戳往期链接）

ecosystem restoration  生态系统恢复 （请戳往期链接） 

global climate governance  全球气候治理  （请戳往期链接）

Collected and edited by Lv Yun

Source: China Daily

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