In 2013, when General Secretary Xi Jinping visited Hubei, he emphasized that Hubei is an ecological province, a province of thousands of lakes, and a land of fish and rice. It has many mountains and waters and a unique environment. It is necessary to cherish the precious wealth that nature has given to the people of Hubei and focus on the construction of ecological civilization. Achieve new results.

Keeping in mind the General Secretary Yin Yin’s instructions, centering on the decisions and deployment of the Central Committee and the Hubei Provincial Party Committee, the Hubei Provincial Forestry Department has thoroughly implemented the concept of “Green Water and Green Mountains are the Golden Mountains and Silver Mountains”, increased capital investment, and promoted the development of green forests, precision eradication, and the Yangtze River A number of major ecological projects such as cross-strait afforestation and greening. Especially since 2016, the province has vigorously promoted the "Green Manchurian Jingchu" action, and completely stopped commercial logging of natural forests. Vigorously strengthening afforestation and greening and improving the quality of ecological protection have become a consensus and conscious action across the province. According to statistics, since 2013, the province has accumulated more than 18 million acres of artificial afforestation, 33.31 million acres of forest tending, 1.32 million acres of farmland returned to forest and grassland, and 3.04 million acres of rocky desertification control.

　　 With continuous and unremitting efforts, the four major mountainous areas in Hubei Province, on both sides of the Yangtze River, and the former barren hills and ridges have gradually become a sea of forests, and the province’s forest coverage has increased to 41.84%. The total output value of forestry reached 408.1 billion yuan, directly driving and affecting 1.2164 million rural households. According to scientific estimates, the total value of forestry ecological benefits in the province is more than 500 billion yuan, and every person in Hubei enjoys nearly 10,000 yuan of forestry ecological benefits annually.