林剑今天是第30个世界防治荒漠化与干旱日，也是《联合国防治荒漠化公约》通过30周年纪念日。在习近平生态文明思想指引下，中国坚持“绿水青山就是金山银山”的理念，扎实推进荒漠化综合防治和“三北”等重点生态工程建设工作，打好“三北”工程攻坚战，筑牢北方生态安全屏障。

Lin Jian Today marks the world’s 30th Desertification and Drought Day and the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). Under the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization, China has followed the philosophy that green is gold and made solid efforts in comprehensive desertification prevention and control and developed major ecological projects, such as the Sanbei Protective Forest project, to form a green ecological barrier in northern China.

中国的努力加快了全球迈向更加清洁美丽世界的步伐。中国在世界范围内率先实现了土地退化零增长，荒漠化土地和沙化土地面积“双减少”，为全球实现2030年土地退化零增长目标作出重要贡献。中国森林覆盖率和森林的蓄积量连续40年保持“双增长”，是全球森林资源增长最多和人工造林面积最大的国家，贡献了全球新增绿化面积的四分之一。中国认真履行《联合国防治荒漠化公约》义务，成功举办了《公约》第十三次缔约方大会等活动，全力推动全球荒漠化防治进程，持续推进荒漠化防治国际合作，毫无保留地向世界分享中国防沙治沙经验。我们与《公约》秘书处共建了“防治荒漠化国际培训中心”、“国际荒漠化防治知识管理中心”。我们通过中非合作论坛、中阿合作论坛等机制积极对接“非洲绿色长城”、“绿色中东”倡议，中阿干旱、荒漠化和土地退化国际研究中心去年成立并启动首批合作项目。去年在蒙古国揭牌的中蒙荒漠化防治合作中心正助力蒙古实施“种植十亿棵树”计划。中外荒漠化治理合作让绿色绵延在越来越多国家的地平线上。

China’s effort turbocharged the process of creating a cleaner and more beautiful world. We are the first country in the world to achieve zero net land degradation and reduce both desertification and sandification, making important contribution to meeting the global goal of zero net land degradation by 2030. China’s forest coverage ratio and forest stock volume have both increased for 40 consecutive years. It is No.1 in the world in terms of forest resource growth and afforestation area and has contributed one fourth of the world’s newly added green area. China earnestly fulfills its obligation under the UNCCD, successfully held events including the 13th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP13) of the UNCCD, and is making all-out efforts in advancing global desertification prevention and control by promoting international cooperation and sharing experience with the rest of the world with nothing held back. China and the UNCCD Secretariat jointly built the International Training Center on Combating Desertification and the International Knowledge Management Center on Combating Desertification. We are actively forging synergy with the Great Green Wall initiative in Africa and the Middle East Green Initiative through mechanisms including the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation and the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum. The China-Arab International Research Center for Drought, Desertification, and Land Degradation was set up last year and the first batch of cooperation projects have been launched. The China-Mongolia Desertification Prevention and Control Cooperation Center unveiled in Mongolia last year is now supporting Mongolia in implementing its plan to plant one billion trees. The cooperation between China and other countries in combating desertification has made more countries greener.