Spring breeze and rain moisten the earth, and it is the right time to plant greenery and protect greenery. In the past few days, all counties and districts in our city have seized the favorable opportunity of spring to carry out extensive afforestation activities to add new green to accelerate the construction of beautiful Lanzhou in the new era.

　　Chengguan District

　　Voluntary tree planting activities have been fully rolled out

　　On April 13, the 2026 voluntary tree planting activity for cadres and workers in Chengguan District will be carried out at the tree planting site on the North Ring Road in Chengguan District. The cadres and workers of the district worked hand in hand to plant green and protect green with practical actions, officially kicking off the spring land greening action in Chengguan District, and the strong atmosphere of planting trees and adding greenery and jointly building an ecological home in the whole area continued to heat up.

　　In order to ensure the safe and efficient development of this voluntary tree planting activity, Chengguan District made careful arrangements in advance and solidly promoted the preliminary preparations, divided the tree planting areas at the municipal and district levels, completed the basic work such as land leveling and tree hole excavation, arranged professional technical guidance throughout the process, and planted seedlings in advance to consolidate the greening foundation.

　　At the event site, the personnel involved in the tree planting were divided and cooperated, full of enthusiasm, supporting seedlings to fill the soil, stepping on compaction, watering and maintenance, and each process was orderly. After a busy time, the seedlings stood upright in the wind, adding vitality to the park. A total of 817 high-quality seedlings such as cedar, national locust, pear tree, purple-leaved plum, Xifu begonia, Wenguan fruit, hawthorn, mountain apricot, mountain peach, etc. were planted in this activity, including 15 acres of municipal tree planting area and 397 seedlings planted; The district-level tree planting area is 8 acres, and 420 seedlings are planted.

　　Qili River District

　　Urban-rural linkage weaves a dense green network

　　On the morning of April 13, Qilihe District carried out the 2026 national voluntary tree planting activity on S212 Road, Pengjiaping Middle Street, with the theme of "Fulfilling the Obligation to Plant Trees and Building a Green and Beautiful Qili River".

　　At the site of the voluntary tree planting activity, everyone divided labor and cooperated tacitly, digging pits, straightening, cultivating soil, cofferdams, and watering, and the new seedlings stood tall and stretched in the wind, injecting vitality and green hope into the Pengjiaping area.

　　At the same time, all units take the "Ten Thousand Trees in Villages" action as the overall responsibility, and deeply integrate the voluntary tree planting of the whole people with rural revitalization and refined urban management. All townships and towns have actively carried out tree planting and greening around the "five sides and four sides", and rural revitalization demonstration belts such as "Ink Stone Buddha" in Agan Town, "Weiwei Red Ridge" in Weiling Township, and "Xiuyu Jianshan" in Huangyu Town have become key greening areas. The district also simultaneously promotes the greening and quality improvement of the city's main and secondary roads. Up to now, the replanting work will continue until the end of April, and continue to weave a dense urban green network through "green insertion in the seams, green as much as possible", and comprehensively improve the quality of road landscape and ecological service functions.

　　Xigu District

　　Everyone waved shovels to build a green screen

　　On April 13, the relevant leading comrades of Xigu District led cadres, workers and volunteers to the volunteer tree planting site of Sanmao Forest Farm in the southern area of Xigu Forest Farm to carry out spring voluntary tree planting activities, practice the concept of "lucid waters and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains" with practical actions, and add new green to the construction of the ecological protection pilot area in the upper reaches of the Yellow River.

　　The tree planting site is a busy scene, cadres and workers are in groups of three to five, dividing labor and cooperating, shoveling soil, supporting seedlings and planting, cultivating soil cofferdams, and lifting water for irrigation, and each process is meticulous and orderly. With the joint efforts of everyone, the newly planted spruce, arborvitae, mountain apricot and other seedlings stand upright in the wind, scattered in the warm spring sun, full of vitality. According to statistics, more than 500 seedlings of various types were planted that day, adding a touch of bright greenery to the original slope.

　　Gaolan County

　　Planting greenery to protect a beautiful home

　　Spring comes early, and green planting is the right time. On the morning of April 13, Gaolan County's 2026 county-wide voluntary tree planting activity kicked off in Dongshan Forest Park. More than 800 cadres, workers, volunteers, and forest rangers of party and government organs, enterprises and institutions planted saplings and sowed new green in Dongshan Forest Park, "planting" the land of Gaolan into green with practical actions, and contributing to the construction of ecological civilization in the county.

　　At the tree planting site, the crowd was crowded, and the labor atmosphere was in full swing everywhere. After a morning of hard work, the former hillside was covered with layers of fresh greenery, and the newly planted small trees stood upright in the wind and were staggered, glowing with vitality in the spring light.

　　More than 4,000 trees such as arborvitae, spruce, and white elm were planted in this voluntary tree planting activity. In recent years, Gaolan County has deeply practiced the concept of "lucid waters and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains", anchored the strategy of ecological priority development, and vigorously promoted the construction of ecological civilization. At present, the county has completed 246,000 mu of various forest and grassland construction tasks of the "Three Norths and Six Phases" project. In 2026, it is planned to implement 29,000 mu of the "Three Norths" project of the central government's integrated protection and restoration of forests, grasslands and wetlands, and 170,000 mu of ecological protection and restoration and comprehensive soil erosion control project in the Caijia River Basin in Longzhong District of Lanzhou City, Gansu Province.

　　Qinchuan Town, Lanzhou New District

　　Seize the spring light to "plant" new scenes

　　In the past few days, Qinchuan Town, Lanzhou New Area, has seized the favorable opportunity of suitable climate and good soil moisture in spring to fully launch spring afforestation and greening work.

　　From the pocket park in the core area of Qinchuan Town, to the main roads around the airport, and then to the front and back of the houses of various villages and communities, cadres and the masses can be seen everywhere working together to plant greenery and carefully protect the green, and a vibrant rural green picture is slowly unfolding. The town adheres to the concept of paying equal attention to ecological and economic benefits, combining landscape creation with practical functions, breaking the single landscape forest planting model, and organically matching and rationally arranging economic forests and local trees. Fruit trees with both ornamental and economic value such as walnuts, pears, apricots, and plums, and local trees such as dry willow and golden leaf elm are staggered and layered, and flowers and shrubs such as lilacs, begonias, and peonies are dotted among them, creating a compound green space with flowers in three seasons, scenery in four seasons, and fragrant flowers and fruits.

　　At the same time, Qinchuan Town made overall planning and precise deployment, guided all villages and communities to base themselves on reality, rely on the village collective economy, co-manage and share funds, and actively mobilized township sages to raise seedlings by themselves, setting off an upsurge of village replanting and environmental improvement. (Reporter Yan Na, Zhou Dongnan, Dong Yongqian, Anna, Li Xin, Intern Zhu Wenyan)