On July 26, a press conference on the high-quality development of Guangxi forestry to help rural revitalization was held in Nanning. The reporter learned from the meeting that since the implementation of the rural revitalization strategy in 2018, the contribution of Guangxi forestry in rural revitalization has been continuously highlighted, and the dividends of high-quality development of forestry have been continuously released, directly driving more than 600,000 people out of poverty and driving more than 1.2 million people out of poverty. The population has increased steadily, and forestry has played an important role in the revitalization of the countryside and the prosperity of the people and Guizhou.
Ranked second in the country with a total output value of Guangxi's forestry industry of 848.7 billion yuan
According to the person in charge of Guangxi Forestry Bureau, in recent years, the Guangxi forestry system has fully implemented the decision-making and deployment of the Party Central Committee, the State Council, the Party Committee and the government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on the implementation of the rural revitalization strategy, and the promotion of rural revitalization has been incorporated into the overall planning and implementation of the Guangxi forestry reform and development. . By the end of 2021, Guangxi's forest coverage rate will reach 62.55%, ranking third in the country; the total output value of the forestry industry is 848.7 billion yuan, and the ranking has jumped from the fifth in the country in 2015 to the second in the country in 2021.
The "Double Thousand Plan" for the camellia oil industry in Guangxi (from 2018, it will take 5 years to build 3.2 million mu of camellia oleifera forest and transform 5 million mu of low-yield forest, so that the area of camellia oleifera in Guangxi will exceed 10 million mu by 2022; , the comprehensive output value of Guangxi camellia industry exceeded 100 billion yuan) is a new way for farmers to increase their income and become rich, a new breakthrough in the revitalization of rural industries and a new business card for the development of modern forestry in Guangxi. Since the implementation of the "Double Thousand" plan for camellia oil in Guangxi at the end of 2018, the whole region has implemented a total of 1.45 billion yuan in subsidies for the camellia oil industry from the central and autonomous regions, with an average investment of 400 million yuan for three consecutive years, and completed more than 1.7 million mu of new camellia oleifera forests and low-yield forests. More than 1.5 million mu have been transformed, and 425 high-yield and high-efficiency demonstration bases for camellia oleifera have been established. The total operating area of camellia oleifera has reached more than 8.5 million mu, with an annual output of 450,000 tons of tea seeds and 100,000 tons of camellia oil, achieving a comprehensive output value of more than 40 billion yuan. At present, there are more than 100 camellia oleifera enterprises and 439 camellia oleifera professional cooperatives in Guangxi, driving more than 300,000 farmers to increase their income by planting camellia oleifera.
The under-forest economy dominated by under-forest planting and breeding has been vigorously promoted in Guangxi and has rapidly developed into an industry of 100 billion yuan. In recent years, Guangxi has made great efforts to develop the under-forest economy by taking advantage of its rich forest resource endowments. In 2021, the economic area under the forest in Guangxi will grow to 69.24 million mu, with an annual output value of 126.3 billion yuan, benefiting 14.68 million forest farmers and increasing the per capita income of farmers by more than 2,600 yuan. The under-forest economic industry in Guangxi poverty alleviation areas has developed rapidly. The under-forest economic area accounts for 63% of the region, and the under-forest economic output value accounts for 52% of the entire region, which has become an important support for the revitalization of rural industries.
In recent years, Guangxi's forestry department has taken the initiative to sink forestry technical resources, integrate online and offline efforts, and provide forest farmers with various forestry technical services such as production guidance, technology promotion, and demonstration construction. From 2018 to 2021, the region organized 160 forestry science popularization activities to benefit farmers and increase their income, trained 15,000 forest farmers, distributed more than 40,000 training materials, and presented 380,000 seedlings. A total of 1,170 forestry science and technology commissioners have been dispatched to 87 counties (cities, districts), including key rural revitalization counties, border counties, poverty alleviation areas, ethnic minority areas, and old revolutionary areas, to guide and improve the cultivation management of camellia oleifera, macadamia nuts, star anise, etc. technical level.
"After years of development, forestry has become an important engine for the development of the green economy in the region, playing an important role in rural revitalization, enriching the people and revitalizing Guangxi." The person in charge said that in the next step, Guangxi's forestry system will firmly grasp the national forestry and The Grassland Bureau and the People's Government of the Autonomous Region jointly build the development opportunity of the Guangxi Modern Forestry Industry Demonstration Zone, accelerate the high-quality development of forestry in the new era, strive to build a trillion-yuan green forestry industry, and make new and greater contributions to the overall revitalization of the countryside.