Tree planting Festival is a festival that propagandizes and protects trees in accordance with laws and regulations, and organizes and mobilizes people to actively participate in afforestation activities.
中国的植树节由凌道扬和韩安、裴义理等林学家于1915年倡议设立,最初将时间确定在每年清明节。
China's tree planting festival was initiated by lingdaoyang, Han'an, peiyili and other forestry scientists in 1915, initially determined to be Qingming Festival every year.
1928年,国民政府为纪念孙中山逝世三周年将植树节改为3月12日。
In 1928, the national government changed tree planting day to March 12 to commemorate the third anniversary of Sun Yat Sen's death.
In 1979, after the founding of new China, at the proposal of Deng Xiaoping, the sixth session of the Standing Committee of the Fifth National People's Congress decided to designate March 12 as the Chinese Arbor Day every year.