China has steadily improved its slot forest quality and enhanced carbon sink capacity through strengthened management, according to a recent statement from the National Forestry and Grassland Administration.

From 2012 to 2021, 1.2 billion mu (about 80 million hectares) of forests were tended to in China. During the 13th Five-Year Plan period (2016-2020), the area was 619 million mu (about 41 million hectares).

Ten years of efforts have greatly changed the country's once backward forest management mode, improved the forest structure and unleashed the productivity potential of forests, the administration said.

"According to statistics, China's arbor forest stock volume hit 94.83 cubic meters per hectare over the past decade, an increase of 8.95 cubic meters compared with 10 years ago. Increasing forest stock volume has led to greater carbon sink capacity," said Xia Chaozong of the Survey and Planning Institute of the administration.

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