Inner Mongolia issued opinions to promote the battle against the "Three Norths" project and encourage units to participate in project construction by creating carbon-neutral forests and other means

Report from this newspaper: The "Opinions of the General Office of the Party Committee of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and the General Office of the People's Government of the Autonomous Region on Fully Mobilizing the Initiative of All Parties to Work together to Fight the Battle of the" Three Norths "Project"(hereinafter referred to as the "Opinions") were recently issued and implemented, proposing 15 specific measures to provide strong guarantees for the fight against the "Three Norths" Project.

The "Opinions" clarify that all relevant departments in various localities must fully implement various preferential policies issued by the state and autonomous regions and provide support to entities engaged in desertification prevention and control. Governments at all levels must commend and reward units and individuals that have made outstanding achievements in desertification prevention and control in accordance with relevant national regulations. Those who develop new technologies and apply new equipment in desertification prevention and control will be supported through policies such as the transformation of technological achievements and subsidies for the purchase of agricultural machinery. All localities must urge units and individuals that contract to manage forest land and grassland to strictly implement protection systems such as grazing bans, grazing breaks, and balance between grass and livestock. It is necessary to strictly implement the development rules for desertification prevention and control and wind power and photovoltaic integrated projects, and take the supportive new energy indicators as the guide to comprehensively plan desertification prevention and control tasks and the scale and pace of new energy development.

The "Opinions" propose to vigorously promote "work-for-relief", and that the scale of labor remuneration for "work-for-relief" for desertification prevention and control projects should not be less than 10% of the total investment of the project. Actively explore the models of "recruiting first and then supplementing" and "building first and then supplementing" for desertification prevention and control projects, and encourage farmers and herdsmen to use voluntary declaration and independent construction through self-construction, joint household construction, and collective economic organization construction in rural and pastoral areas. Make good use of desertification prevention and control funds, give full play to the leveraging role of government funds, stimulate donations from various enterprises, social groups, and individuals, expand the scale of funds, improve operating mechanisms and management models, and ensure that every penny is used for desertification prevention and control.

According to the "Opinions", Inner Mongolia encourages new energy companies to take the lead and form consortiums with relevant companies. Encourage all localities to introduce various public welfare organizations and participate in the construction of the "Three Norths" Project in various ways. Encourage financial institutions to explore and develop commercial sand industry product insurance. Encourage banking financial institutions to develop financial products with long-term periods, low interest rates, collateral and flexible repayment methods to support the development of relevant ecological industries. Encourage all localities to actively seek policy loans and explore models for using desertification control proceeds to repay loans. Encourage enterprises to fully tap the economic value of psammophytes, extend the industrial chain, increase added value, and increase the income of farmers and herdsmen. Encourage enterprises and institutions to participate in the construction of the "Three North" project by creating carbon-neutral forests and other means to create low-carbon zero-carbon institutions and parks. Encourage qualified places to explore and establish storage and storage mechanisms for exposed sandy land, degraded forest land and degraded, desertified and salinized grasslands, and carry out large-scale management.