Chinese Tree-Planting Day

Tree-Planting Day


March 12 is Tree-Planting Day in China. In February 1979, the 5th National People's Congress of People Republic of China made a resolution that March 12th would be taken as Chinese Tree-Planting Day, requiring the whole country to carry out planting activities on this day and support the construction of forestry.


Between 1982-2003 more than 42 billion trees were planted in China and China now tops with the most "human-planted" trees on Earth.











Sources:


http://www.chinainfoonline.com/ChineseFestival/Tree-Planting_Day.htm


http://ezinearticles.com/?China-Tree-Planting-Day---A-Day-For-Trees-in-China&id=3949493


http://www.chinaodysseytours.com/news/tree-planting-day-china.html


http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-03/12/content_313964.htm