A year after the initiative was launched, China designated March 12 as its national day of tree planting. The Chinese government says that from 1982-2021, its citizens planted approximately 78 billion trees in the country.
China’s overall forest coverage has risen to nearly 25 percent, according to official statistics, in a demonstration of decades of afforestation and land restoration efforts. The work contributes to carbon uptake as part of Beijing’s broader climate mitigation strategy and supports jobs in forestry‑related sectors, officials say.
