Editor's note: Welcome to the 20th Party Congress and forge ahead on a new journey. Mengyin is a red hot land, which is the place where the famous Battle of Menglianggu took place. Inheriting the red gene and continuing the red bloodline, a new picture of the old area is slowly unfolding, the people's life is solid, the characteristic industries are prosperous, the Yimeng spirit is passed down from generation to generation, and the "Two Mountains" practice spectrum is a new chapter. From now on, under the guidance of the Propaganda Department of the Linyi Municipal CPC Committee, the Propaganda Department of the Mengyin County CPC Committee and the Public Network poster news jointly launched a series of all-media reports entitled "The New Appearance of the Old District and the Guxiang Walk in the Front", vividly telling the colorful, fashionable, prosperous, and youthful vitality of the new Mengyin, and encouraging the cadres and masses to work hard, unswervingly, and with vigor toward the future.
Poster news reporter Liu Yuandi correspondent Zhang Shenghu Li Peng Linyi reported
Show the world, paradise! In recent years, Mengyin County has adhered to the "ecological county" unswervingly, vigorously carried out afforestation and greening, coordinated the integrated protection and systematic management of grass and sand in landscapes, forests, lakes, and lakes, innovated the mode of "ecological forest on the top of the mountain, economic forest on the mountainside, and water conservancy and transportation facilities at the foot of the mountain", comprehensively promoted the greening of mountains and rivers, green channels, water purification and other projects, the county's forest land area of 1.25 million mu, forest coverage rate rose to 62.2%, ranking first in Linyi City, second in Shandong Province, becoming a "national greening model county", achieving "good ecology, rural prosperity, and mass prosperity." , sustainable" virtuous circle.
Plant trees to increase greenery and thicken the ecological background
In August, the land of Mengyin is full of vitality, the mountains and mountains are full of greenery, and the blue water on the banks of the ditches and ditches is everywhere, shaping the "good scenery of Yimeng Mountain".
Green shade
However, the historical Mengyin Mountains have steep slopes and ravines. Shi Zenglei, a ranger at the state-owned Tianma Forest Farm in Mengyin County, told reporters that today's hometown is completely different from what he remembered in his childhood, when it was a barren mountain and overgrown with weeds.
"The barren mountains and bald mountains of the past have become the green mountains of today, and I don't know how many people have worked hard behind them." Shi Zenglei is a "second generation of forest", patrolling mountains and forests, and has been working for 36 years. He said that he grew up with his father in the forest farm and knew that green water and green mountains were not easy to come by.
In the early 1980s, the area of soil erosion in Mengyin County reached 1231.5 square kilometers; in 1984, the per capita net income of farmers was 188 yuan; in 1985, it was listed as the first batch of key poverty-stricken counties in the country. The concept of "losing green water and green mountains is difficult to protect the golden mountains and silver mountains" has gradually become a consensus in the hometown of the "Six Sisters of Yimeng and Mongolia" where the Menglianggu Campaign took place. Since then, Mengyin County has seized the opportunity of being included in the "Key Counties for the Development of Mountainous Areas in the Province" to implement continuous management, vigorously carry out the rectification of mountains and water, the greening of barren mountains, and the development of forest and fruit industry according to local conditions.
"Mengshan mountain is steep and barren, it is difficult to plant trees and afforestation, the older generation is carrying seedlings up the mountain by themselves, walking more than ten miles or even dozens of miles of mountain roads every day to plant trees in the depths of the mountains." Especially in the summer, the more it rains, the more trees are planted on the mountain, and everyone is draped in plastic sheets and coats, and the rain is as big as possible. Shi Zenglei said that the conditions were difficult at that time, but they persevered.
90% of the soil erosion area in Mengyin County has been effectively treated, with an average annual afforestation of 20,000 mu and a forest coverage rate of more than 73%, ranking the forefront of the province. The former poor mountainous backwoods have gradually become ecological mountains and flower and fruit mountains, forming a regional pattern of "ecological forest at the top of the mountain, economic forest on the mountainside, and water conservancy and transportation support at the foot of the mountain".
Pay close attention to environmental protection and build ecological barriers
A good ecological environment is not easy to come by, and it should be cherished. Mengyin County has always put protection and governance in the first place, and has innovatively implemented a series of "hard-core" measures for ecological environmental protection to comprehensively improve the functions of soil and water conservation, water conservation and biodiversity maintenance.
In the artificial wetland of Dongwen River, the banks of the river are lined with trees and flowers and grasses, step by step. The breeze strikes, the wide river surface, the clear river sparkling under the sunlight, the green shore, the clear water of the picturesque picture scroll makes people feel relaxed, lingering. This is a new change made by Mengyin County in doing a good job in the integrated protection and restoration of grass and sand in shanshui, lintian, lake, and lake.
Yunmeng Lake
In May 2021, the integrated protection and restoration project of grass and sand in the Yimeng Mountain area was approved, mainly concentrated in the area around The Mengshan Mountain and Yunmeng Lake, about 1270 square kilometers. "The integrated protection and restoration project of grass and sand in Shanshui Lintian Lake is the largest investment project in the history of ecological civilization construction in Mengyin County, which is divided into four categories and 12 projects of basic environment, forest and grass wetland, water environment governance, and agricultural and rural engineering, with a total investment of 976 million yuan." Fu Wei, member of the party group of the Mengyin County Forestry Bureau and director of the Natural Protected Area Management Service Center, said in an interview with reporters that after the completion of the project, 1.93 million cubic meters of ecological water can be added, more than 4,900 mu of river pond water surface can be added, 187 km of river channels and 99.6 square kilometers of small watersheds can be comprehensively treated, 494 mu of damaged mountains can be restored, the water quality of rivers and lakes, soil environmental quality, and forest coverage rate will be significantly improved, and the ecological barrier function of Mengshan area will be comprehensively improved.
It is worth mentioning that through the water environment treatment project, more than 70% of the domestic sewage in the administrative villages of Mengyin County has been effectively treated, and the water quality of the water source of Yunmeng Lake has been stable for 23 consecutive years, creating a "national model for the protection of drinking water sources". It is also in the Dongwen River constructed wetland, where the sewage discharged from the Centec Sewage Treatment Plant is deeply degraded and ecologically purified.
"It serves a population of 160,000 people, serves an area of 58 square kilometers, and treats 70,000 tons of sewage per day. After the urban industrial wastewater and domestic sewage enter the factory area, the first pretreatment, the relatively coarse garbage is removed, and then biological treatment and deep treatment, the detection of sewage that meets the level A standard can be discharged into the Dongwen River artificial wetland, and the ecological self-purification can be carried out again, which can effectively improve the water quality of Yunmeng Lake, and also play a role in storing water sources, regulating water quantity, supplementing groundwater resources, and increasing the environmental capacity of Yunmeng Lake. Liu Haibo, head of the water ecological environment section of the Mengyin County Branch of the Linyi Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment, said.
In addition, Mengyin County regards biodiversity conservation as a further deepening of ecological county, and cooperates with Shandong Agricultural University to carry out global biodiversity surveys for many times. According to statistics, the county has more than 1300 species of wild animals and plants, at the same time, a strict wildlife resources protection system has been established, and the city has taken the lead in proposing that the whole county ban hunting and eating wild animals, which effectively protects biodiversity, and in 2021, Mengyin County will be included in the priority areas for land biodiversity conservation in Shandong Province.
Green rise to improve people's livelihood and well-being
A series of policy measures have achieved remarkable results. On October 14, 2021, Wang Liyun, secretary of the Mengyin County Party Committee, attended the opening ceremony of the "2020 United Nations Biodiversity Conference Ecological Civilization Forum" held in Yunnan, and as the only representative of the county-level party committee and government in Shandong Province, made a typical speech at the theme forum of "Green Water and Green Mountains are Golden Mountains and Silver Mountains - From Concept to Practice". The Mengyin experience model was included in the practice model and typical cases of "green water and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains", and was translated into English and released on the forum.
National ecological demonstration areas, national water and soil conservation ecological civilization counties, national greening model counties, national key ecological function areas, national "green water and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains" practice and innovation base, national ecological civilization construction demonstration counties, Shandong province ecological civilization strong counties and other honors have also come, becoming a beautiful "ecological business card" in Mengyin.
Fashion overshadowed
Good mountains, good water and good ecology not only effectively improve the living environment, but also open the door for the local people to get rich. Up to now, the per capita deposit of Mengyin County has reached 60,700 yuan, and the happiness index of the masses has increased significantly.
"The environment is the people's livelihood, the green mountains are beautiful, and the blue sky is also happiness." Mengyin always keeps in mind the mission of the ecological and environmental protection iron army, actively carries out the construction of ecological civilization, and strives to polish the ecological background, so that the good ecological environment can become the support point for high-quality development, the growth point of the people's happy life, and the shining point for displaying the good image of the beautiful, rich, strong and happy new Mengyin. Wang Fen, a member of the party group and deputy director of the Mengyin County Branch of the Linyi Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment, said in an interview.