It is said that around the golden autumn season of 1996, when a leader from the central government came to inspect Jingshan, he proposed to stop logging of natural forests across the country, and started to implement it in Jingshan.

There is also a little-known story here.

It is said that after the big leaders came to Jingshan, according to the previous arrangement, they only walked around Haichang and then went to Haichang Cigarette Factory to have a look. The plan reported in Jingshan at that time included a trip to Juebi.

, but the Gaotou General Office thought that Juebi was too far away and the leaders did not have so much time to go there, so when the itinerary was finalized, there was no arrangement to go to Juebi. However, the leaders of Jingshan especially wanted to invite the senior leaders to go to Juebi.

, because that is the old Jingshan Prefecture.

After the leader got off the plane, Xiao Changsheng, a senior official in Jingshan Prefecture, said, "I welcome you on behalf of the 3.6 million people of all ethnic groups in Jingshan, including 1.6 million Yi compatriots!" Then he briefly reported the situation in Jingshan to the leader. In this report, he cleverly

Speaking of Laojingshan Prefecture, it was originally located in Juebi County. After the Haichang area merged with Laojingshan Prefecture in 1978, the prefecture was moved from Juebi to Haichang. Who is the big leader? When I heard this

He just said: "So that's it, then what do you mean by this?"

He said: "It's not interesting, chief. We just want to invite you to go to Juebi to see our Yi compatriots. Everyone wants you to go."

The senior leader asked the secretary next to him if he had arranged it. The secretary said there was no arrangement. The senior leader said, "Then go and have a look."

The secretary of the big leader said: Lao Xiao, hurry up and make arrangements. Later, after the big leader inspected Haichang, he came to Juebi, which is in Erbi, the hinterland of Dajing Mountain. It was still snowing heavily at that time, and the big leader came to a place in the snow.

A poor Yi family was so sad that they cried when they saw the poverty of their fellow villagers. At that time, the top leaders said a lot about doing a good job in poverty alleviation in Jingshan.

After the big leader finished the inspection and returned to Haichang from Juebi, the big leader sitting in the car saw that the mountains along the way were all bare, and the trees on the hillside were very scattered, so he asked: "Why are the trees on the mountain so beautiful?"

few?"

Secretary Xiao answered him: "One is that the altitude is relatively high, the conditions are poor, and the trees grow slowly, and the second is that more trees are cut down. They are both state-owned forest farms. About 3 million cubic meters of trees are cut down in the whole state a year, and 60 million cubic meters of trees are cut down in the whole state.

Of the fiscal revenue of 100 million, wood finance accounts for one-third."

After hearing this, the big leader said with emotion: "This can't continue like this. Soil erosion is too serious, and the environment will be affected in the future. In that case, we will harm our descendants!"

As a result, in 1998, severe floods occurred in the Yangtze River Basin, Nenjiang River Basin, and Songhua River Basin. In order to fundamentally protect, manage and repair the increasingly bad ecological environment, the Party Central Committee and the State Council stood at the strategic height of maintaining national ecological security.

It was decided to implement natural forest protection projects at the source of major rivers and ecologically fragile areas in the 17 provinces (cities, districts) involved. Jingshan Prefecture was one of the first pilot areas to be included in the natural forest protection project.

As a result, since the cessation of natural forest logging in 1998, the state's local finances have been reduced by more than 100 million yuan. The tax revenue of forest industry enterprises alone has been reduced by nearly 100 million yuan, the tax revenue of related industries has been greatly reduced, and forestry funds have also been reduced by tens of millions.

In particular, the fiscal revenue of the four main timber-producing counties in Jingshan Prefecture has dropped significantly, by 80% and 90% respectively. The difficulties they face are greater than everyone imagined, but they must take the overall situation into consideration and work hard to overcome the difficulties.

Especially in Mingzhu County, the annual logging volume is about 1.2 million cubic meters, and the fiscal revenue of Mingzhu County is more than 90 million yuan a year. The fiscal revenue of Mingzhu County accounts for almost one-sixth of the entire state!

Mingzhu County only has a population of more than 100,000, and the county's finances are very good. At that time, thousands of cars in the state were transporting timber, and tertiary industries such as hotels and restaurants would also be greatly affected. At that time, the Beijing Forest Industry Bureau

, the Mingzhu Forest Industry Bureau’s cutting targets are more than several hundred thousand cubic meters.

Although Meigu, Haitang and other counties have some deforestation indicators, the largest ones are Beijingbei and Mingzhu Forest Industry Bureau. Timber in Beijing is mainly transported by cars, while part of Mingzhu is transported by cars and part is transported by the Yalong River.

It also involved our Asian Water Bureau and affected the water transportation industry. Therefore, it must have had a great impact on the fiscal revenue and people's lives at that time.

Someone joked: The pearls of the night are now glass beads. Put down the machete and pick up the small hoe.

This is a far-fetched statement. For Jingshan, the ban on logging has also caused a serious shortage of funds for the construction of the "Tianbao Project". The construction of the "Tianbao Project" requires local matching of 50% of the funds. The state's financial resources are already limited, and the ban on logging has caused a huge financial gap.

The shrinkage has resulted in the inability of the state level to provide supporting funds for states and counties. On the one hand, they have to complete the tasks assigned by the superiors, but on the other hand, there is insufficient capital investment.

Because although the superiors promised to transfer more than 100 million yuan from the central and provincial governments, this money could not be obtained that year. It had to wait until the second year to get the transfer payment money. At that time, the finances were already so difficult that they could not even pay wages.

There was really no other way. Jingshan had to resort to borrowing money from banks and the provincial treasury to survive.

In addition, the economic development level of Jingshan Prefecture at that time was considered to be good, and it was at the forefront of the province, which had a great impact. There was also the liquidation of claims and debts of forestry enterprises across the prefecture, with liabilities as high as 200 million yuan, mainly for key forest industries.

The workers' debt is huge. Before the natural forest protection project was launched, nearly 100 million yuan was owed to employees in wages and labor fees. After the ban on logging of natural forests, these debts were unable to be repaid.

There is also the problem of corporate tax arrears. With the termination of production and operation activities, the taxes owed in the past production and operations will not be repaid, and personnel placement is facing tremendous pressure. There are also relevant enterprises and institutions in the state, the Forestry Technical School and the Forest Exploration Brigade.

, Forestry Design Institute and other units have also been affected. Solutions need to be found for the future of these units and personnel.

Another problem is that many people are unemployed. What should we do? During the pilot phase of natural forest protection from 1998 to 1999, the total number of employees in forest industry enterprises across the state was more than 20,000, of which about 3,000 were in the North Beijing Forest Industry Bureau.

Unemployment. A large number of forestry teams who rely on forestry funds to work have also been greatly affected.

The impact on farmers' income is greater. The ban on logging of natural forests directly leads to a reduction in farmers' income channels and a drop in net income. Before the ban on logging of natural forests, farmers worked part-time in logging, renewal, road construction, road maintenance, transportation and other work. After the logging was stopped, these incomes

Not at all.

The "Tianbao Project" has changed the development rankings of various counties and cities in Jingshan, especially Mingzhu County, which "lives on wood", and Xigui County. Directly from "rich families" to "poor", a large number of social

Conflicts quickly gathered. The county that used to have little wood now felt "high and proud".

Only development can "break through"! Only transformation can find a "way out". Therefore, Jingshan Prefecture requires counties to step up transformation, develop new industries, overhaul hydropower stations, grow flue-cured tobacco, etc., so as to promote industrial development.

In particular, efforts were made to develop the tobacco industry. In 1997, the director of the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration signed an opinion in Jingshan, designating Jingshan as one of the fifth largest high-quality tobacco production bases in China. He gave Jingshan great support in terms of tobacco leaf indicators, and senior leaders also gave special approval.

Give Jingshan several large boxes of cigarette quotas. At that time, a large box cost almost 30 million, which was equivalent to giving Jingshan 100 million.

In this way, life in Jingshan will gradually get better, and it can basically be adjusted. In addition, fiscal transfer payments have also been reduced, and Jingshan's economy has also been restored.

Xigui County, which has recovered a bit, has launched a "pilot project for returning farmland to forest". Zhongguozhuang, the "base camp" of the North Beijing Forestry Industry Bureau, was the first to be affected and naturally became a "pilot project".

Mu Yi and his colleagues started by in-depth publicizing the significance and policy measures of returning farmland to forest, and then cooperated with forestry technicians to carry out area measurement work. They used compasses and the most advanced GPS to conduct actual measurements of the area of ​​converted farmland.

Within the controlled area, the work of measuring and registering each household was carried out. Step by step, footprints were imprinted all over the hills of Varado.

In order to facilitate the future management of converted farmland to forestry, on the basis of fully respecting the wishes of the masses, the fixed boundaries of the original cultivated land will be broken, and the land will be re-measured and divided...

Time is tight, tasks are heavy, conflicts are many, pressure is high...
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