今年是我省全面实施退耕还林工程的第一年。省委、省政府主要领导多次强调:这是一项重大的历史责任,一件重大的政治任务,一次重大的发展机遇。各级政府、农民群众对工程建设倾注了极大的热情。从燕山、太行山到冀中平原、渤海岸边,热火朝天的退耕还林现场,茁壮成长的新植幼树无不显示着人们对发展林业、改善生态环境、壮大地方经济寄寓的厚望。——河北绿化之日,就是人民致富之时。这是一个喜人的开始。凭借着实施以退耕还林为代表的十大林业重点工程的东风,河北林业进入了跨越式发展的崭新时期。——编者 This year is the first year that the project of returning farmland to forestry has been fully implemented in our province. The main leaders of the provincial party committee and the provincial government have repeatedly stressed: This is a major historical responsibility, a major political task and a major development opportunity. Governments at all levels and peasant masses devoted great enthusiasm to the construction of the project. From the Yanshan, Taihang Mountains to the Jizhong Plain, the Bohai Sea coast, the scene of returning farmland to forest, the thriving new plantation of young trees all show the people’s forestry development, improve the ecological environment, expand the local economy to send high hopes. - Hebei greening date, is when the people get rich. This is a gratifying start. With the implementation of the ten major forestry key projects represented by returning farmland to forestry, Hebei forestry has entered a brand-new era of leapfrog development. --editor