Unit 1 Nature in the balance 2020-2021学年【新教材】牛津译林版（2020）高中英语必修第三册讲义（上）

M3U1 Nature in the balance I · 课前导入-美文欣赏 China to introduce 'forest chief' scheme nationwide Trees cover a hillside in Wuqi, Shaanxi province, the first county involved in the Conversion of Cropland to Forest and Grassland Program, in last June. BEIJING -- China has issued a guideline to implement a "forest chief" scheme nationwide amid the country's continuous efforts to protect forests and grasslands. It was issued by the general offices of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council and urged that the "forest chief" scheme will be rolled out nationwide by June 2022. "General forest chiefs" should be appointed in all provincial-level regions, said the guideline. It clarified all levels of forest chiefs' responsibilities in protecting forest and grassland resources. Under the scheme, China will strengthen ecological protection and restoration of forests and grasslands, promote large-scale afforestat