Should the forest tending projects of state-owned forest farms require bidding?

Is being implemented. On March 17, 2015, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council recently issued the "State-owned Forest Farm Reform Plan" and the "State-owned Forest Area Reform Guidance Opinions", and issued a notice requiring all regions to All departments shall conscientiously implement it based on actual conditions. State-owned forest farm reform plan Protecting forests and ecology is the foundation for building ecological civilization. Deepening the reform of the ecological civilization system and improving the forest and ecological protection system are the primary tasks. State-owned forest farms are an important force in my country's ecological restoration and construction, and are the most important infrastructure for maintaining national ecological security. They have made great achievements in large-scale afforestation and forest resource management, and have made great contributions to protecting national ecological security and improving people's ecological well-being. , play an important role in promoting green development and responding to climate change. However, for a long time, the functional positioning of state-owned forest farms has been unclear, the management system is not smooth, the operating mechanism is inactive, and support policies are incomplete. The sustainable development of forest farms has faced severe challenges. This plan is formulated in order to accelerate the reform of state-owned forest farms, promote the scientific development of state-owned forest farms, and give full play to the important role of state-owned forest farms in ecological construction. 1. Overall requirements for the reform of state-owned forest farms (1) Guiding ideology. Comprehensively implement the spirit of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the Third and Fourth Plenary Sessions of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, deeply implement the forestry development strategy focusing on ecological construction, and promote reforms in accordance with the requirements of classification, focusing on the two major goals of protecting the ecology and ensuring the livelihood of employees, Promote the separation of political affairs and business enterprises, realize innovation in management and protection methods and supervision systems, and promote the transformation of forestry development model from mainly timber production to ecological restoration and construction, from mainly using forests to obtain economic benefits to protecting forests and providing ecological resources. Focusing on services, establish a new system of state-owned forest farms that is conducive to protecting and developing forest resources, improving ecology and people's livelihood, and enhancing the vitality of forestry development, so as to make greater contributions to maintaining national ecological security, protecting biodiversity, and building ecological civilization. . (2) Basic principles - adhere to ecological orientation and give priority to protection. Forests are the main body of terrestrial ecology and the capital and foundation for the survival of countries and nations. They are related to ecological security, freshwater security, homeland security, species security, climate security and the overall situation of national ecological diplomacy. It is necessary to maintain and improve the ecological functions of forest resources as the starting point and end point of reform, implement the most stringent state-owned forest land and forest resource management system, ensure that state-owned forest resources are not destroyed, state-owned assets are not lost, and play a backbone role in adhering to ecological red lines. ——Insist on improving people’s livelihood and maintaining stability. Based on the actual situation of the forest farm, we should steadily advance the reform, effectively solve the most direct and practical interests of employees, fully mobilize the enthusiasm, initiative and creativity of employees, and ensure the stability of the forest farm. ——Adhere to adapting measures to local conditions and implementing classified policies. With the direction of "nurturing forests to nourish people", we should explore different types of state-owned forest farm reform models based on the actual conditions of forestry and ecological construction in various places, without insisting on uniformity or one-size-fits-all. ——Adhere to classified guidance and provincial responsibility. The central government implements classified guidance on the reform of state-owned forest farms in various regions and provides appropriate support in terms of policies and funds. Provincial governments have overall responsibility for the reform of state-owned forest farms and formulate specific reform measures based on local realities. (3) Overall goal. By 2020, the following goals will be achieved: ——Ecological functions will be significantly improved. Through vigorous afforestation, scientific silviculture, strict protection and other measures, the forest area has increased by more than 100 million acres, the forest stock volume has increased by more than 600 million cubic meters, commercial logging has been reduced by about 20%, and the forest carbon sink and climate change response capabilities have been effectively improved. Enhanced, forest quality significantly improved. ——Production and living conditions have been significantly improved. Through innovating the management system of state-owned forest farms and increasing investment in forest farm infrastructure through multiple channels, we can effectively improve the production and living conditions of employees. Expand employment channels for employees and improve social security mechanisms so that employees can find employment and have basic living security. ——Comprehensive innovation in management system. A new forest farm management system with clear functional positioning, streamlined and efficient personnel, forest management and protection procurement services, and hierarchical implementation of resource supervision has been basically formed to ensure sustainable government investment, efficient resource supervision, and sustainable forest farm development. 2. Main contents of the reform of state-owned forest farms (1) Clearly define the ecological responsibilities and protection methods of state-owned forest farms. The main functions of state-owned forest farms should be clearly defined as protecting and cultivating forest resources and maintaining national ecological security. In line with the functional positioning, the organization method of forest resource protection should be clarified, and the attributes of state-owned forest farms should be reasonably defined. State-owned forest farms that were originally public institutions and were mainly responsible for protecting and nurturing forest resources and other ecological public welfare services shall continue to be managed as public welfare service institutions and strictly control the establishment of public institutions; they are basically not responsible for protecting and cultivating forest resources and are mainly engaged in marketization Those who operate businesses must promote enterprise transformation and restructuring. Those that do not currently meet the conditions for enterprise transformation and restructuring must divest their operating businesses. State-owned forest farms that have been transformed into enterprises should, in principle, maintain their corporate nature and implement public welfare forest management and protection through government purchase of services, or explore the transformation into public welfare enterprises in conjunction with the reform of state-owned enterprises. If there are special circumstances, the local government can Reasonably determine its properties based on local realities. (2) Promote the separation of political affairs in state-owned forest farms.

Forestry administrative departments must accelerate the transformation of functions, innovate management methods, reduce micro-management and direct management of state-owned forest farms, strengthen the formulation and implementation of development strategies, plans, policies, standards, etc., and implement the legal person autonomy of state-owned forest farms. On the basis of stabilizing the current affiliation, comprehensively consider factors such as location, scale and ecological construction needs, and rationally optimize the management level of state-owned forest farms. Forest farms that are too small and scattered in the same administrative region will be consolidated into larger forest farms based on the principles of organizational streamlining and scale management. Scientifically approved enterprise establishments are used to hire management personnel, professional and technical personnel and key forestry technical personnel, and the funds are included in the fiscal budget of the government at the same level. Strengthen the supervision of the establishment and use of new personnel in public institutions, except for those who are placed in national policies, appointed by superiors according to cadre personnel authority, and those who need to use other methods to select and appoint confidential positions, etc., all must implement open recruitment. (3) Promote the separation of state-owned forest farms from enterprises. The business activities of state-owned forest farms must implement market-oriented operations, and "two lines of revenue and expenditure" management must be strictly implemented for business activities that cannot be separated for the time being, such as commercial forest logging, forestry specialty industries, and forest tourism. Encourage excellent and strong forestry enterprises to participate in mergers and reorganizations, and effectively improve the operational efficiency of corporate state-owned forest farms through large-scale operations and market-oriented operations. Strengthen the clearing, identification and verification of assets and liabilities to prevent the loss of state-owned assets. It is necessary to speed up the separation of the social functions of various state-owned forest farms, and gradually transfer schools and medical institutions run by forest farms to local management. Actively explore the transformation or restructuring of medical institutions run by forest farms. Based on local realities, the relationship between state-owned forest farms and managed towns and villages will be gradually streamlined. (4) Improve the public welfare forest management and protection mechanism that mainly focuses on purchasing services. The daily management and protection of public welfare forests in state-owned forest farms should introduce market mechanisms and purchase services from the society through contracts, entrustments, etc. On the premise of maintaining the integrity and stability of the forest farm ecosystem and in accordance with scientific planning principles, social capital and forest farm employees are encouraged to develop forest tourism and other specialty industries to effectively revitalize forest resources. For the part of the business scope of enterprise-owned state-owned forest farms that is classified as public welfare forest, the central finance and local finance will arrange management and protection funds respectively according to the approved level of public welfare forest. Encourage social welfare organizations and volunteers to participate in public welfare forest management and protection, and improve the ecological protection awareness of the whole society. (5) Improve the forest resources supervision system with clear responsibilities and hierarchical management. Establish a forest resource property rights system with clear ownership, clear rights and responsibilities, and effective supervision, and establish and improve forest land protection systems, forest protection systems, forest management systems, wetland protection systems, nature reserve systems, supervision systems, and assessment systems. According to factors such as the nature of forest land, ecological location, area size, regulatory matters, and the degree of impact on overall social interests, the forestry administrative departments at the national, provincial, and municipal levels shall supervise the forestry administrative departments at different levels. Multi-level linkage supervision shall be strengthened on changes in the nature of forest land, harvesting quotas, etc. , fully mobilize the enthusiasm of regulatory agencies at all levels. Maintain the long-term stability of the scope and use of state-owned forest land, and strictly prohibit the conversion of forest land into non-forest land. Establish an institutionalized monitoring and assessment system to strengthen the assessment of forest resource protection and management in state-owned forest farms, and use the assessment results as an important basis for comprehensive assessment and evaluation of the performance of major leaders of local governments and relevant departments. Strengthen the construction of the forest resources monitoring system of national and local state-owned forest farms, establish and improve forest resource management files of state-owned forest farms, regularly announce the status of forest resources of state-owned forest farms to the public, accept social supervision, and conduct out-of-office audits of state-owned forest farm forest resources for directors of state-owned forest farms. Implement the forest resource management system of state-owned forest farms with the core of improving the quality of forest resources and strictly controlling the harvesting volume. According to the forest management plan, harvesting quotas are prepared, annual production plans are formulated and forest management activities are carried out. Governments at all levels have strict control over the forests of the state-owned forest farms managed by them. Review the preparation and implementation of business plans. Explore the establishment of a paid use system for forest resources in state-owned forest farms. When using the forest resources of a state-owned forest farm to carry out forest tourism, etc., the revenue distribution method should be clearly defined with the state-owned forest farm; if the forest land of a state-owned forest farm is occupied with approval, the forest land compensation fee, resettlement subsidy fee, vegetation restoration fee and employee social security fee must be paid in full in accordance with regulations . Launch the forest resource protection and cultivation project of state-owned forest farms, and reasonably determine the amount of commercial forest harvesting in state-owned forest farms. Accelerate the study and formulation of legal system measures for state-owned forest farm management and medium- and long-term development plans for state-owned forest farms. Explore the creation of national parks. (6) Improve the employee transfer employment mechanism and social security system. In accordance with the principles of "focusing on internal digestion and solving employment problems through multiple channels" and "putting people first and ensuring stability", we will properly resettle surplus employees of state-owned forest farms, do not adopt compulsory buyouts, and do not engage in one-time layoffs and diversions to ensure that employees' basic livelihood is guaranteed. Resettlement is mainly carried out through the following channels: first, engaging in forest management and care by purchasing services; second, providing jobs in forestry specialty industries and other industries by forest farms and gradually transitioning to retirement; third, strengthening targeted vocational skills training, encouraging and guiding some Employees are transferred to other jobs. All surplus employees will be included in the social insurance coverage of urban employees in accordance with regulations, with a smooth transition and reasonable connection to ensure that employees have a guaranteed life after retirement. Incorporate forest farm employees and their family members who meet the subsistence allowance conditions into the scope of local residents' minimum living security, so as to ensure that all their needs are covered. 3. Improve the policy support system for the reform and development of state-owned forest farms (1) Strengthen the infrastructure construction of state-owned forest farms. The infrastructure construction of state-owned forest farms must reflect the needs of ecological construction and cannot simply copy urban construction.

Governments at all levels will incorporate the construction of state-owned forest farm infrastructure into the government construction plans of the same level. According to the expenditure responsibilities and financial affiliations, within the existing special funding channels, they will increase the supply of power supply, drinking water safety, forest fire prevention, management and protection site buildings, Investment in infrastructure construction such as pest control, and state-owned forest farm roads will be included in relevant highway China plans according to their attributes. Accelerate the transformation and upgrading of state-owned forest farms in China. Actively promote ecological migration of state-owned forest farms, and gradually relocate farms located in areas with extremely fragile ecological environments and uninhabitable areas to small towns to improve integration with urban development. Implement housing provident fund and housing subsidy policies for state-owned forest farm employees. On the premise of complying with the overall land use plan, in accordance with the administrative affiliation, with the approval of the city government, and in accordance with the standards and requirements for the construction of affordable housing projects, state-owned forest farms are allowed to use their own land to build affordable housing projects, and the land is handled in accordance with laws and regulations. Supply and registration procedures. (2) Strengthen financial support for state-owned forest farms. The central finance arranges subsidy funds for the reform of state-owned forest farms, which are mainly used to solve the problems of employees of state-owned forest farms participating in social insurance and separating the social functions of forest farms. Provincial finance must allocate funds to coordinate the cost of reforming state-owned forest farms. Qualified policies that support agriculture and benefit farmers can be applied to state-owned forest farms. Incorporate the poverty alleviation work of state-owned impoverished forest farms into the poverty alleviation work plans of governments at all levels to increase support. Increase policy support for basic public services in forest farms and promote equalization of basic public services between forest farms and surrounding areas. (3) Strengthen financial support for state-owned forest farms. Conduct an investigation into the financial debts owed by state-owned forest farms and actively resolve them in accordance with the principles of equal consultation and commercialization. For normal financial debts, they will be repaid in accordance with the law after maturity; for non-performing debts issued by state-owned or state-controlled financial institutions and arising from the construction of public welfare forests by state-owned forest farms, relevant departments such as the China Banking Regulatory Commission, the Ministry of Finance, and the State Forestry Administration shall study and formulate specific regulations. Operable resolution policy; if other non-performing financial debts cannot be repaid due to objective reasons, debt restructuring can be carried out through loan extension and other methods according to the actual situation after review. If the conditions for writing off bad debts are met, they will be written off in accordance with relevant regulations. Strictly review non-performing debts to prevent evasion of debts of financial institutions through reforms. Develop credit products suitable for the characteristics of state-owned forest farms, make full use of the central fiscal interest discount policy for forestry loans, and expand financing channels for state-owned forest farms. (4) Strengthen the construction of talent teams in state-owned forest farms. With reference to relevant policies to support the development of the western region and difficult and remote areas, introduce the management and technical talents needed for the development of state-owned forest farms. Establish an open, fair, competitive and merit-based employment mechanism to create a good environment for talent development. Appropriately relax the evaluation and employment conditions for professional and technical positions in state-owned forest farms in difficult areas, appropriately increase the proportion of forestry skilled positions in state-owned forest farms, and improve the personnel structure. Strengthen the construction of the leadership team of state-owned forest farms, increase the training of forest farm employees, and improve the comprehensive quality and professional capabilities of state-owned forest farm personnel. 4. Strengthen organizational leadership and fully implement various tasks (1) Strengthen overall guidance. Relevant departments should strengthen communication and close cooperation, and promptly formulate and improve a series of support policies for social security, debt resolution, employee housing, etc. according to the division of functions. The National Development and Reform Commission and the State Forestry Administration must do a good job in overall planning and coordination, provide classified guidance and services based on the actual conditions of state-owned forest farms in different regions, strengthen tracking, analysis, supervision and inspection, and timely evaluate the implementation of the plan. Major problems that arise during the implementation of the plan will be reported to the State Council in a timely manner. (2) Clarify work responsibilities. The governments of all provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government) shall bear overall responsibility for the reform of state-owned forest farms. They shall formulate specific plans as soon as possible in accordance with the goals, tasks and policy measures determined in this plan and in light of actual conditions to ensure that all tasks and objectives are completed on time. Strengthen the construction of state-owned forest farm management institutions, safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of state-owned forest farms, maintain the stability of forest resource ownership, and strictly prohibit the destruction of state-owned forest resources, indiscriminate logging, indiscriminate occupation of forest land, and disorderly construction. Provide early warning of risks, resolve conflicts in a timely manner, and ensure social stability. Guiding Opinions on the Reform of State-owned Forest Areas Protecting forests and ecology is the foundation for building ecological civilization. Deepening the reform of the ecological civilization system and improving the forest and ecological protection system are the top priorities. State-owned forest areas are my country's important ecological security barriers and strategic bases for forest resource cultivation. They are the most important infrastructure for maintaining national ecological security. They play an irreplaceable and important role in economic and social development and ecological civilization construction, and contribute to national economic construction. made significant contributions. However, for a long time, the management system of state-owned forest areas has been imperfect, forest resources have been over-exploited, and people's livelihood problems have become more prominent, which has seriously restricted the ability to ensure ecological security. In order to actively explore the reform path of state-owned forest areas, improve the management system of state-owned forest areas, and further enhance the ecological functions and development vitality of state-owned forest areas, the following opinions are hereby put forward. 1. Overall requirements for the reform of state-owned forest areas (1) Guiding ideology.

Comprehensively implement the spirit of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the Third and Fourth Plenary Sessions of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, deeply implement the forestry development strategy focusing on ecological construction, and guide by giving full play to the ecological functions of state-owned forest areas and building a national strategic timber reserve base. Clarify the main line of the relationship between the central and local governments, government and enterprises, actively promote the separation of political affairs and enterprises, improve the forest resources supervision system, innovate resource management and protection methods, improve the support policy system, and establish a system that is conducive to the protection and development of forest resources and the improvement of ecology. The new system of state-owned forest areas will harmonize people's livelihood and enhance the vitality of forestry development, accelerate the economic transformation of forest areas, promote the gradual recovery and stable growth of forest resources in forest areas, and promote the transformation of the forestry development model from timber production to ecological restoration and construction. , from mainly using forests to obtain economic benefits to mainly protecting forests and providing ecological services, providing ecological guarantee for building an ecological civilization and a beautiful China, and realizing the sustainable development of the Chinese nation. (2) Basic principles - adhere to ecology as the basis and give priority to protection. Respect the laws of nature, implement coordinated management of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, and lakes, and focus on protecting natural ecosystems such as forests and wetlands to ensure that the total amount of forest resources continues to increase, the production capacity of ecological products continues to increase, and the ecological functions continue to be enhanced. ——Focus on improving people’s livelihood and maintaining stability. Improve the infrastructure conditions of state-owned forest areas, actively develop alternative industries, promote employment and increase income, ensure the basic livelihood of employees, and maintain social harmony and stability in forest areas. ——Promote the separation of government and enterprise affairs and ensure that each takes its own responsibility. Clarify the functional positioning of the government and forest industry enterprises, divest the social management and social functions of forest industry enterprises, accelerate the restructuring and reform of enterprises run in forest areas, and realize that the government, enterprises and society can each perform their respective duties and responsibilities. ——Strengthen unified planning and integrated development. We must break the fragmented management model of forest areas, incorporate forest areas into the local national economic and social development master plan, and promote the social integration of forest areas into local areas and the economic integration into the market. ——Adhere to classified guidance and step-by-step implementation. Fully consider the different situations of state-owned forest areas, the central government will provide classified guidance, and each locality will formulate implementation plans, scientifically and rationally determine the reform model, not one-size-fits-all, step by step, and find a reform and development path for state-owned forest areas with Chinese characteristics. (3) Overall goal. By 2020, the relationship between the central and local governments, and between the government and enterprises will be basically straightened out, and the separation of government and enterprise, government affairs, business and enterprise, and management and office will be basically straightened out. The social management and public service functions of the forest area government will be further strengthened, and the management and protection of forest resources will be further strengthened. and supervision system has been improved, the economic and social development of forest areas has been basically integrated into the local area, production and living conditions have been significantly improved, and the basic livelihood of employees has been effectively guaranteed; commercial logging of natural forests has been stopped in an orderly manner according to different situations, and the forest area of ??key state-owned forest areas has increased by 5.5 million The forest stock volume has increased by more than 400 million cubic meters, the forest carbon sink and the ability to cope with climate change have been effectively enhanced, and the quality of forest resources and ecological protection capabilities have been comprehensively improved. 2. Main tasks of the reform of state-owned forest areas (1) Distinguish between different situations and stop commercial logging of natural forests in key state-owned forest areas in an orderly manner to ensure the steady recovery and growth of forest resources. Clarify the strategic positioning of state-owned forest areas to perform ecological functions and maintain ecological security, and define the provision of ecological services and maintenance of ecological security as the basic functions of state-owned forest areas, as the basic starting point for formulating various policies and measures for the reform and development of state-owned forest areas. Study and propose implementation plans for strengthening the protection of natural forests in state-owned forest areas. Steadily advance the pilot program to stop commercial logging of natural forests in key state-owned forest areas in Heilongjiang, track the effects of policy implementation, and sum up experience in a timely manner. On the basis of pilot projects, we will orderly stop commercial logging of natural forests in key state-owned forest areas in Inner Mongolia and Jilin, comprehensively improve forest quality, and accelerate the cultivation and restoration of forest resources. (2) Gradually promote the separation of government and enterprise management in state-owned forest areas according to local conditions. In areas where local governments have sound functions and strong financial resources, we should implement the separation of government and enterprises in one step. All social management and public service functions of enterprises should be stripped away and handed over to local governments. Personnel should be handed over to local unified management, and funds should be included in local finance. Budget; in areas where the conditions are not met, first implement the separation of administration and enterprises internally, and gradually create conditions to transfer administrative functions to the local government. (3) Gradually form a streamlined and efficient state-owned forest resources management agency. To adapt to the new requirements of completely stopping or gradually reducing commercial logging of natural forests in state-owned forest areas and giving full play to the leading function of ecological services, forest industry enterprises shall be classified into categories in accordance with the principle of "only reducing but not increasing institutions, only leaving and not entering people, and social harmony and stability" The restructuring and reform plan will reduce management personnel year by year through various methods, ultimately achieving a reasonable establishment and staff size, and gradually establishing a streamlined and efficient state-owned forest resources management agency, responsible for the protection and management of forests, wetlands, nature reserves, and wild animal and plant resources in accordance with the law. And forest fire prevention, pest control and other work. Gradually integrate small-scale, few-personnel, and remote forest farms. (4) Innovate forest resource management and protection mechanisms. According to the distribution characteristics of the forest and the production seasons in different regions, we adopt an effective management and protection model, implement checkpoints in distant mountains and management and protection in nearby mountains, strengthen the application of high-tech means and modern transportation equipment, reduce labor intensity, and improve management. maintenance efficiency to ensure the management and protection effect. Encourage social welfare organizations and volunteers to participate in public welfare forest management and protection, and improve the ecological protection awareness of the whole society. Innovate forestry production organization methods, forestry production and construction tasks such as afforestation, management and protection, tending, and timber production, and all forestry production and construction tasks that can be achieved through purchasing services must be purchased from the society.

In addition to nature reserves, on the premise of not destroying forest resources, employees engaged in forest resource management and protection are allowed to engage in forest product production and other operations to increase employee income. Actively promote all types of social capital to participate in the restructuring of forest area enterprises and enhance the development vitality of forest areas. (5) Innovate the forest resources supervision system. Establish a forest resource property rights system with clear ownership, clear rights and responsibilities, and effective supervision, and establish and improve forest land protection systems, forest protection systems, forest management systems, wetland protection systems, nature reserve systems, supervision systems, and assessment systems. The property rights of forest resources in key state-owned forest areas are owned by the state, that is, owned by the whole people. The forestry administrative department of the State Council exercises ownership and performs investor responsibilities on behalf of the state, and is responsible for managing the approval of changes in state-owned forest resources and forest resource assets in key state-owned forest areas. Study and formulate legal systems and measures for the supervision and management of forest resources in key state-owned forest areas. Further strengthen the supervisory functions of the local forest resources supervision commissioner offices dispatched by the forestry administrative department of the State Council, optimize the setup of supervision agencies, and strengthen supervision of the protection and management of forest resources in key state-owned forest areas. Establish and improve forest area performance management and assessment mechanisms with ecological service functions as the core and forest land retention, forest coverage, forest quality, forest protection and fire prevention, pest control, etc. as the main indicators, and implement forest resource outgoing audits. Scientifically prepare long-term forest management plans as the main guideline for the protection and development of state-owned forest resources and the basis for assessing the management performance of state-owned forest resources. Explore the creation of national parks. (6) Strengthen the responsibility of local governments to protect forests and improve people's livelihood. Local governments at all levels have overall responsibility for the economic and social development of forest areas and the protection of forest resources within their administrative regions. It is necessary to incorporate the economic and social development of forest areas into the local national economic and social development overall plan and investment plan. Effectively implement the functions of local government forest area social management and public services. Changes in forest coverage and forest volume in state-owned forest areas are included in binding indicators for local government target responsibility assessment. The amount of forest land and the quota of forest land acquisition and occupation are included in the assessment of local government target responsibilities. Provincial governments are fully responsible for organizing and implementing natural forest protection projects and comprehensively halting commercial logging of natural forests, and implement the "four to the province" policy of goals, tasks, funds, and responsibilities. Local governments at all levels are responsible for unified organization, coordination and guidance of forest fire prevention work in their respective administrative regions and implement the administrative head responsibility system. (7) Properly resettle surplus workers in state-owned forest areas to ensure that workers’ basic living standards are guaranteed. Give full play to the advantages of rich green resources in forest areas and create jobs through the development of forest tourism, specialty breeding and planting, overseas logging, forest product processing, and foreign cooperation. The central government continues to increase its support for forest management and protection, artificial afforestation, tending of young and middle-aged forests, and forest transformation and cultivation, and promotes the transfer of employees to other jobs. For people with employment difficulties who meet the policy's flexible employment requirements, the local government shall coordinate the social insurance subsidies in accordance with relevant national regulations. For state-owned forestry units across administrative regions, the municipal or provincial government shall coordinate the settlement. 3. Improve the policy support system for the reform of state-owned forest areas (1) Strengthen financial support for state-owned forest areas. After the commercial logging of natural forests in state-owned forest areas stopped, the central government provided support through an appropriate increase in financial funds for natural protection projects. The financial subsidy standards for forest management and protection fees and social insurance subsidies for natural protection projects should be appropriately adjusted based on the local per capita income level. Increase central fiscal support for forest insurance and improve the ability of forest resources in state-owned forest areas to withstand natural disasters. Increase policy support for basic public services in forest areas and promote equalization of basic public services in forest areas and surrounding areas. (2) Strengthen financial support for state-owned forest areas. According to the reasons and types of debt formation, debts of financial institutions of forest industry enterprises shall be classified and resolved. For normal financial debts, they must be repaid in accordance with the law after maturity. For non-performing financial debts that really need central support to resolve, the China Banking Regulatory Commission, the Ministry of Finance, the State Forestry Administration and other relevant departments will study and formulate practical and targeted policies based on listening to the opinions of financial institutions and full research, and report them to the State Council Implemented after approval. Strictly review non-performing debts to prevent evasion of debts of financial institutions through reforms. Develop credit products suitable for the characteristics of state-owned forest areas, expand forestry financing channels, increase forestry credit, and vigorously develop small loans to employees in state-owned forest areas. Improve the forestry credit guarantee method and improve the central fiscal interest discount policy for forestry loans. (3) Strengthen infrastructure construction in state-owned forest areas. Infrastructure construction in forest areas must reflect the needs of ecological construction and cannot simply imitate urban construction and build prosperous cities. Governments at all levels should incorporate the construction of infrastructure in state-owned forest areas such as electricity supply, drinking water safety, and management and protection station buildings into the overall arrangements of government construction plans at the same level, incorporate roads in state-owned forest areas into relevant highway planning according to their attributes, and speed up the construction of shantytowns in state-owned forest areas. We will renovate and upgrade areas and power stations, and strengthen forest fire prevention and pest control. The state will combine existing channels to increase support for infrastructure construction in state-owned forest areas. (4) Accelerate the relocation of employees in remote mountainous forest areas. Incorporate forest area urban construction into local urban construction planning, combine forest area reform and forest farm dismantling and integration, and actively promote the relocation of employees in remote mountains. Fully consider the production and living needs of employees, respect the wishes of employees, and rationally arrange the relocation locations for employees. Continue to combine the reconstruction of shantytowns in forest areas, further increase central support, and at the same time give preferential treatment when arranging investment in the construction of supporting infrastructure for affordable housing projects.

The construction of supporting infrastructure and public service facilities in the forest farm removal and relocation resettlement area shall be based on the policy of reconstruction and relocation of independent industrial and mining areas. To effectively implement the requirement that provincial governments take overall responsibility for the renovation of local shantytowns, relevant provincial governments and forest industry enterprises must also increase subsidies accordingly. For qualified employees with difficulties, the local government should actively study policies such as public rental housing to solve their housing difficulties. Expand financing channels for the relocation of workers in remote mountainous forest areas, and increase financing efforts such as financial credit and corporate bonds. Effectively implement preferential policies for housing tax reduction and exemption in shanty town renovation. (5) Actively promote the industrial transformation of state-owned forest areas. Promote ecological protection and economic transformation in the Greater Khingan Mountains and Changbai Mountain forest areas, and actively develop green industries that enrich the people. Further shrink the timber mining and transportation industry and strictly restrict mining. Encourage the cultivation of fast-growing and high-yield timber forests, especially precious tree species and large-diameter timber forests, and vigorously develop green and low-carbon industries such as deep timber processing, characteristic economic forests, forest tourism, and domestication and breeding of wild animals and plants, to create more jobs and increase the income of workers in forest areas. Utilize geographical advantages to develop forest product processing bases and foreign trade, and build a forest product processing cluster that relies on imported raw materials at ports, focuses on intensive processing, and is oriented to domestic and international markets. Support outstanding state-owned enterprises to participate in the reform and reorganization of state-owned forest area enterprises, and promote the optimal allocation of resources and industrial transformation in state-owned forest areas. Select areas with mature conditions to carry out economic transformation pilots and support the development of alternative industries in pilot areas. 4. Strengthen organizational leadership and fully implement various tasks (1) Strengthen organizational leadership for reform. Relevant departments must clarify their responsibilities, cooperate closely, and formulate and improve a series of support policies such as social security, debt resolution, and employee housing in accordance with the requirements of this opinion. The National Development and Reform Commission and the State Forestry Administration should strengthen organization, coordination and classified guidance, and do a good job in supervising and implementing them. All relevant provinces (autonomous regions) must take overall responsibility for the reform of state-owned forest areas in their respective regions, formulate specific implementation plans based on local realities, refine work measures and requirements, promptly discover and resolve contradictions and problems that arise during the reform, and implement various reform tasks . (2) Pay attention to pilot projects first and advance them in an orderly manner. It is necessary to fully consider the complexity and arduousness of reform, actively explore and steadily advance reform. Relevant provinces (autonomous regions) can, in accordance with the spirit of this opinion, select some state-owned forestry bureaus with better basic working conditions to conduct pilot trials, accumulate reform experience, and then gradually promote them. (3) Promote reforms strictly in accordance with laws and regulations. It is necessary to strengthen the ecological protection responsibilities of governments at all levels, strengthen the supervision of forest resources, strengthen the assessment of forest resource protection performance, and strictly put an end to the phenomenon of indiscriminate occupation of forest land, disorderly construction, indiscriminate logging, and destruction of forest resources. It is necessary to conscientiously implement relevant regulations on state-owned assets management, strictly enforce discipline requirements, and prevent the loss of state-owned assets.

It is necessary to protect the legitimate rights and interests of workers in the forest area in accordance with the law and maintain the harmony and stability of the forest area