2020 Timber supply exceeds 100 million cubic meters

According to an official from the State Forestry Administration on the morning of August 24, China’s forest area and accumulation have continued to grow in the past 20 years, but with the rapid economic growth, the domestic consumption of timber and its products has also grown rapidly, and the consumption of wood-based panels, pulp and paper has increased. Has been ranked second in the world, the domestic timber supply gap will remain at the level of 1-150 million cubic meters for a long time.

State Forestry to protect forest land use planning, held a press conference this morning, ZHANG Jian, deputy director of the State Forestry Administration, State Forestry Management Division of Forest Resources Wang Xuan briefing forestry protection and utilization and planning.

Zhang Jianlong quoted the calculation data of the State Forestry Administration at the news conference, pointing out that in 2007, the total wood consumption converted from domestic forest products reached approximately 371 million cubic meters, but the domestic supply was only 202 million cubic meters and the actual consumption gap exceeded 100 million cubic meters. Meter. It is estimated that by 2020, the total domestic timber consumption in China will increase to 4.57-47.7 billion cubic meters, and the timber supply gap will remain at around 1-150 million cubic meters for a long time.

ZHANG Jian said, "such a huge demand gap, only rely on import and conservation of resources is not enough, based on domestic urgent need to co-ordinate arrangements for the production of timber and forest land, improve forest management."

Zhang Jianlong also said that the State Council has recently agreed to formally approve and officially approve the "Outline of the National Plan for the Use and Conservation of Forestland", and proposed to adhere to the policy of strict protection, active development, scientific management, and sustainable use, and coordinate the overall coordination of the protection and use of forest land to give full play to the forest. Ecological, economic and social benefits.

He disclosed that the State Forestry Administration will soon establish a national forestland rating system; improve compensation policies for forest land acquisition and use, implement differentiated economic control systems for high-quality forest land, and different types of forest land use; and revise and improve management methods for the collection of forest vegetation restoration fees. The nature of the construction project, the location and use of the forest, etc., and the development of different collection standards.

According to the data from the State Forestry Administration, in 2008, the output value of China's forestry industry had reached 1.44 trillion yuan, and the import and export trade volume of forest products exceeded 70 billion U.S. dollars, which has become the world’s largest producer and trader of forest products. On the other hand, in the past 20 years, the area and accumulation of forests in China have also continued to grow. The area of ​​artificial forests has reached 61.69 million hectares, ranking first in the world and accounting for 38% of the global area of ​​planted forests.