Recently, the Law Enforcement Inspection Team of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress inspected the implementation of the Yellow River Protection Law in Gansu and conducted special research on sand prevention and control work. During this period, the inspection team held a symposium in Wuwei to listen to the opinions and suggestions of local government departments, experts, scholars, and frontline workers on sand prevention and control work. According to the 2024 supervision work plan of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, in October this year, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress will listen to and review the report of the State Council on the work of sand prevention and control. Today, we are holding a symposium on sand prevention and control work, mainly to understand the achievements and experiences of implementing relevant laws such as the Sand Prevention and Control Law, and carrying out sand prevention and control work in accordance with the law, as well as the main difficulties and problems faced Yu Zhongfu, Deputy Leader of the Law Enforcement Inspection Team and Vice Chairman of the Environment and Resource Protection Committee of the National People's Congress, said. Jiang Liling, Director of the Office of Returning Farmland to Forests in Minqin County, said that currently, the county has achieved significant results in sand prevention and control work, but still faces some difficulties and problems. Therefore, it is recommended to increase the investment standards for sand fixation and afforestation, and provide funding for subsequent nurturing, management, and achievement consolidation. Research institutes should accelerate the development and promotion of practical sand control machinery to provide strong support and guarantee for sand prevention and control work. "2.39 million mu of desertified land in Gulang County has been treated, with 2.36 million mu completed. The remaining 30000 mu will be fully treated in June, taking the lead in winning the first battle of annihilation at the edge of the Hexi Corridor Taklamakan Desert." Guo Wangang, Secretary of the Party Branch and Director of the Babusha Forest Farm in Gulang County, said. Guo Wangang pointed out some difficulties currently faced - severe land desertification and many areas with fragile ecological environments. Suggest providing support from two aspects: on the one hand, by initiating projects to promote the nurturing of young and middle-aged forests, strengthening management measures such as irrigation and water replenishment in the later stage of forest management, and disease and pest control; On the other hand, the management period will be included in the project budget and management. After the completion of the construction task, the construction unit will continue to carry out nurturing and management work for afforestation and greening seedlings, such as watering, pruning, and pest control. Since 2007, Ma Junhe, Executive Director of Gansu Qingsuo Public Welfare Development Center, has led a team to carry out sand prevention and control activities by raising funds online and organizing volunteers from all over the country to plant Haloxylon ammodendron trees in Minqin County. More than 50000 people have participated in desertification and ecological governance, and 6 volunteer ecological forests have been established, planting 70000 acres of various types of trees such as Haloxylon ammodendron trees, with a survival rate of over 85%. This has effectively solved the mobile sand dunes around 12 villages, and the ecological governance effect is obvious. Ma Junhe introduced that in the next step of work, he plans to establish an ecological and environmental protection foundation to raise and integrate more social resources; Promote the establishment of a sand control ecological research institute to improve the technological level of ecological governance; Give full play to the collaborative role between the foundation and the research institute to promote the comprehensive improvement of ecological governance capabilities. Ji Yongfu, the director of Gansu Provincial Institute of Desertification Control, suggested encouraging relevant forestry colleges to establish desertification control majors, increasing subsidies for scientific and technological personnel in desertification control, attracting young people with aspirations to apply for desertification control majors, and cultivating desertification control professionals for the country; Increase investment in research and development in the fields of desertification prevention and control, and increase research and development efforts; Fully leverage the respective advantages of national level research teams, local research teams, and government departments, integrate various forces, and form a joint force for sand prevention and control work; Give full play to the government's leading role and increase the transformation of research achievements in desertification control. "This year, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress has listed listening to and reviewing the report on the State Council's work on desertification prevention and control as a key focus of annual supervision, with the aim of promoting the implementation of the Party Central Committee's decisions and deployments, promoting the comprehensive and effective implementation of laws, actively responding to social concerns, and promoting the high-quality development of China's desertification prevention and control work." Yu Zhongfu stated that the situation introduced by everyone is objective and clear, and the suggestions put forward are highly targeted. We will carefully summarize and sort them out, and work together with relevant departments to promote the overall solution of common problems, contributing to the promotion of sand prevention and control work in accordance with the law. (Lai Xin She)