２００１年我国将继续实施退耕还林还草试点工作。试点任务分别是退耕还林还草 ３３．３万 ｈｍ２、宜林荒山荒地造林种草４９．３万ｈｍ２。包括２０００年完成任务的政策兑现在内，中央将投资３６亿多元，补贴粮食１９亿多ｋｇ。 退耕还林还草是减少水土流失、改善生态环境的 In 2001, China will continue to carry out the pilot project of converting farmland into forests and grasslands. Pilot tasks are returning 330 million hm2 of farmland to forests and grasslands, and 493,000 hm2 of afforestation and grass planting in barren hills and wasteland. Including the policy of fulfilling its mission in 2000, the Central Government will invest more than 3.6 billion yuan to subsidize more than 1.9 billion kg of grain. Returning farmland to forest or grassland is to reduce soil erosion and improve the ecological environment