THE Xiongan New Area in North China has completed an afforestation project of more than 1,400 hectares with several green belts built this spring, the Hebei provincial forestry and grassland bureau said yesterday.

By the end of March 29,

Xiongan had planted trees covering an area of 1,466.7 hectares.

In 2018, Xiongan New Area afforested a total of 7,333 hectares, increasing the area’s forest coverage by 6 percent.

In January, China’s central authorities approved the 2018-2035 master plan for Xiongan. According to the plan, which stresses high-quality development, Xiongan will become a modern city that is green, intelligent and livable with “relatively strong competitiveness and human-environment harmony by 2035.”

(Xinhua)