"The newly issued regulations on the protection of ancient and famous trees regulate the classified protection, daily maintenance management, rational utilization and cultural inheritance of ancient and famous trees, filling the gap in the national level special regulations in the field of ancient and famous trees protection, and providing a strong institutional guarantee for better protection of ancient and famous trees." Recently, Yin Shuangfeng, a deputy to the National People's Congress and vice president of Central South University of Forestry and Technology, happily told reporters. The protection regulations for ancient and famous trees introduced in January this year cannot be separated from his joint efforts with other representatives and members, as well as the National Forestry and Grassland Administration. The ancient and famous trees scattered across the beautiful land and stretching in the river of time are "green national treasures". With the solid progress of ecological civilization construction, the protection of ancient and famous trees in China has been continuously strengthened in recent years, and the awareness of protection in the whole society has significantly increased. However, in a few places, the responsibility for protection is not fully implemented, and illegal logging, transplantation, and damage to ancient and famous trees occur from time to time. As a researcher who has long been concerned about ancient and famous trees, Yin Shuangfeng has noticed that there are problems in the protection of ancient and famous trees, such as inadequate legal policies and weak management techniques. During the 2024 National People's Congress and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, he submitted targeted suggestions such as continuously promoting the construction of the rule of law for the protection of ancient and famous trees, supporting research on protection technologies for ancient and famous trees, and increasing financial investment to ensure protection. After seeing the suggestions submitted by Representative Yin Shuangfeng, we found that they were in line with some of our work priorities. We immediately contacted him to discuss key measures for the protection of ancient and famous trees, and had a written exchange on the next steps of work arrangements Zhang Chaohui, a first level researcher in the voluntary tree planting and departmental greening department of the Ecological Protection and Restoration Department of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration, said that he later went to Hunan for research, participated in academic seminars on ancient and famous trees, and actively interacted with local experts. Yan Hanping, deputy to the National People's Congress and mayor of Yan'an City, Shaanxi Province, was as gratified as Yin Shuangfeng. Among the five 5000 year old ancient trees in China, three are distributed in Huangling County, Yan'an City, namely Huangdi Hand planted Cypress, Baosheng Cypress, and Laojun Cypress. In order to better protect these ancient and famous trees, he proposed during the National People's Congress and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in 2024 to support Yan'an City in improving the protection level of the Huangdi Mausoleum ancient cypress group from the aspects of infrastructure construction and technical guidance. Nowadays, Huangling County has been included in the first batch of national pilot projects for the protection of ancient and famous trees, and the protection of ancient trees such as Huangdi's hand planted cypress is also implemented with a "one tree, one policy" approach. I am glad that the protection of ancient and famous trees has attracted high attention from the central government and the general public. After my suggestion was put forward last year, comrades from the National Forestry and Grassland Administration not only communicated with me multiple times, but also specifically came to Yan'an City for on-site research and held a work symposium here Yan Hanping said that with the introduction of protection regulations, it is believed that ancient and famous trees will receive greater and more scientific and reasonable protection. Zhang Chaohui stated that in recent years, the National Forestry and Grassland Administration has not only actively promoted the promulgation of regulations on the protection of ancient and famous trees, but also revised and improved technical specifications such as census, appraisal, and management based on the existing technical standard system, and included the protection of ancient and famous trees in the supervision and assessment of the forest chief system. Develop and launch an intelligent management system for ancient and famous trees, initially mapping every tree on the map to facilitate targeted protection. In addition, for endangered and weakened ancient and famous trees, we will coordinate the implementation of central financial funds, support local rescue and revitalization projects, and carry out special operations in conjunction with the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Housing and Urban Rural Development to crack down on a number of typical cases of damaging ancient and famous trees. We have responded to the concerns of the representatives and committee members through a series of practical measures, and have also earnestly absorbed and reflected their insights in our work Zhang Chaohui stated that this working method effectively forms a joint force to jointly protect ancient and famous trees. From protecting ancient and famous trees to winning the "Three North" project battle, and then supporting the development of forestry industries such as agroforestry, representatives and committee members have combined their professional expertise and field research to provide suggestions and recommendations for promoting the development of forestry and grassland industry and the process of ecological civilization. The reporter learned that in 2024, the National Forestry and Grassland Administration received 494 suggestions and proposals, including 287 suggestions and 207 proposals. The content involves multiple aspects such as the "Three North" project, national parks and nature reserves, reform of collective forest rights system, scientific greening, and protection of wildlife and plants. We have actively communicated and completed these suggestions and proposals on time The relevant person in charge of the Office of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration said. In response to the relevant suggestions and proposals for the "Three North" project battle, more than 40 rounds of communication, research and discussion, proactive visits, and joint efforts with representatives and committee members have been carried out to promote the implementation of suggestions and recommendations such as using work for relief, using roads to control desertification, increasing post management and protection investment, and ensuring ecological water use for forests and grasslands in the three landmark battles. The person in charge stated that this year's National People's Congress and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference are about to be held, and the National Forestry and Grassland Administration will further optimize the handling process, innovate work methods, organize comprehensive research and discussions with representatives and committee members, fully absorb and adopt opinions and suggestions, and contribute to the construction of a modern harmonious coexistence between man and nature with more practical policy measures. (New Society)