Xinjiang to become afforested from 2021
新疆从2021年开始造林
Source: Xinhua
来源：新华社
Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region plans to plant some 5 million mu (about 333,000 hectares) of trees in the next five years as part of a national afforestation campaign.
作为全国植树造林运动的一部分，中国西北部的新疆维吾尔自治区计划在未来五年内种植约500万亩(约333000公顷)的树木。
About 2 million mu of trees will be planted this year, while about 1 million mu are expected to be planted each year during 2021-2025, Yang Jianming, an official with the region's forestry and grassland authority, was quoted as saying by Xinjiang Daily.
《新疆日报》援引该地区林业和草原管理局官员杨建明的话说，今年将种植约200万亩树木，2021-2025年预计每年种植约100万亩。
Xinjiang has planted nearly 70 million mu of trees since the launch of a national afforestation campaign in 1978 to shore up ecological shields against sand storms and desertification in northwest, north, and northeast China, according to Yang.
据杨介绍，自1978年开展全国植树造林运动以来，新疆已种植了近7000万亩树木，以增强抵御西北、华北和东北地区沙尘暴和荒漠化的生态屏障。
The green drive has expanded Xinjiang's man-made oasis area to some 62,000 square km, nearly six times the area in the 1950s.
绿色行动已将新疆的人造绿洲面积扩大到约6.2万平方公里，几乎是上世纪50年代面积的6倍。
About 95 percent of Xinjiang's arable land is under the wing of the green shield, Yang said, adding that efforts are being made to restore degraded forestry and add more adaptive local trees.
杨说，新疆大约95%的可耕地都在绿盾的庇护下，并补充说，正在努力恢复退化的林业，增加更多适合当地的树木。