China's ecological progress after the 18th CPC National Congress
Environment
After decades of rapid expansion, China is steadily shifting from GDP obsession to a balanced growth philosophy that puts more emphasis on the environment.
China.org.cn丨Updated: August 18, 2017
Editor's note:
The past five years since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) have been extraordinary for the development of the CPC and China.
The following are some of the country's major achievements in the ecological field since 2012:
![The primeval forest in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province. [File photo: Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20170817/f44d307d90cc1aff6c8317.jpg "The primeval forest in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province. [File photo: Xinhua]") |
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The primeval forest in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province. [File photo/Xinhua] |
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Every year, more than 90 million mu (1 mu= 0.07 hectare) of trees have been planted.
Over the past five years, the forest reserve has been increased by 48.95 million mu.
Currently, the country's total forest coverage is 3.12 billion mu, and the forest stock is 15.1 billion cubic meters.