Recently, the general office of the CPC Central Committee and the general office of the State Council issued the "opinions on the comprehensive implementation of the forest chief system" and issued a notice, requiring all regions and departments to seriously implement it in light of the actual situation.

The full text of "opinions on comprehensively implementing the forest chief system" is as follows.

Forest and grassland are important natural ecosystems, which play a fundamental and strategic role in maintaining national ecological security and promoting the construction of ecological civilization. In order to improve the ecosystem functions of forest and grassland in an all-round way and further consolidate the main responsibility of local Party committees and governments at all levels for the protection and development of forest and grassland resources, the following opinions are put forward on the full implementation of the forest leader system.

1、 General requirements

（1） Guiding ideology. Guided by Xi Jinping's socialist ideology with Chinese characteristics in the new era, he carried out the spirit of the nineteen and nineteen second, third, fourth and fifth plenary sessions of the party in a comprehensive way, conscientiously implemented Xi Jinping's ecological civilization thought, and firmly carried out the new development concept. According to the decision making and deployment of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, the forest length system was implemented in China throughout the whole country according to the requirements for the management of the lake grass system in the mountains and rivers. Local party and government leaders should take responsibility for the protection and development of forest and grassland resources, build a long-term mechanism with the same responsibility of Party and government, territorial responsibility, department coordination, source control and global coverage, and accelerate the construction of ecological civilization and beautiful China.

（2） Working principle

——We should give priority to ecological protection. We should fully implement the forest law, grassland law and other laws and regulations, establish and improve the strictest system for protecting forest and grassland resources, strengthen ecological protection and restoration, protect biodiversity, and enhance the stability of forest and grassland ecosystems.

——Adhere to green development and benefit the people. Firmly establish and practice the concept that green water and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains, actively promote ecological industrialization and industrial ecology, and constantly meet the people's needs for beautiful ecological environment, excellent ecological products and high-quality ecological services.

——We should adhere to problem orientation and adjust measures to local conditions. In view of the prominent problems in the protection and management of forest and grassland ecosystems in different regions, we should adhere to the classification of policies, scientific management and comprehensive management, and comprehensively improve the ecological, economic and social functions of forest and grassland resources.

——Adhere to the leadership of the Party committee and the linkage of departments. Strengthen the leadership of the Party committee, establish and improve the responsibility system with the leadership responsibility system of the party and government as the core, clarify the responsibilities of forest (grass) leaders at all levels (hereinafter referred to as forest leaders) for the protection and development of forest and grassland resources, strengthen work measures, and coordinate the forces of all parties, so as to form a work pattern of grasping at one level and implementing at all levels.

（3） Organization system. Each province (autonomous region, municipality) shall set up a chief Forest Officer, who shall be held by the leading comrades of the provincial Party committee or government; vice chief Forest Officer, who shall be held by the leading comrades of the provincial level, shall be set up, who shall be in charge of the division (piece). All provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government) may, according to the actual situation, set up forest directors at all levels of cities, counties and townships. The local competent forestry and grassland departments at all levels shall undertake the specific work of organizing and implementing the forest leader system.

（4） Job responsibilities. All localities should consider the characteristics of region, resources and the integrity of natural ecosystem, and scientifically determine the responsibility area of forest leaders. Forest managers at all levels shall organize and lead the protection and development of forest and grassland resources in the responsible areas, implement the target responsibility system for the protection and development of forest and grassland resources, take forest coverage, forest volume, grassland comprehensive vegetation coverage, desertification land management area as important indicators, and determine the target and task according to local conditions; organize and formulate forest and grassland resources protection and development plans, and strengthen overall management In addition, we should organize and coordinate to solve the key and difficult problems in the responsible area, comprehensively protect the forest and grassland resources according to law, promote ecological protection and restoration, organize and implement the responsibilities and measures of forest and grassland fire prevention and fire fighting and major pest control, and strengthen the administrative law enforcement of forest and grassland industry.