2000年 8月 20日 自治区党委、政府召开的全区退耕还林还草现场会，是在国家全面启动西部大开发战略的新形势下召开的一次重要会议。会议拟通过总结乌盟等地生态建设特别是退耕还林还草中的成功经验，动员全区群众，抓住西部大开发的历史机遇，以退耕还林还草为重点，加强生态? On August 20, 2000, the on-site meetings of returning farmlands to forests and grasslands held by the party committees and governments of autonomous regions held an important meeting under the new situation that the country started the strategy of extensively developing the western regions. The conference intends to mobilize the people in the whole region and seize the historic opportunity of the grand development of the western region by focusing on the successful experiences of ecological construction in the Ummah region, especially returning farmlands to forests and grasslands. Focusing on returning farmlands to forests and grasslands, the conference intends to strengthen ecology.