陕西省延安广大干部群众坚持把治理水土流失作为发展地方经济,实现群众脱贫致富的长期战略任务来抓,从1999年以来,全市累计新增人工造林面积874万亩,平均每年以124万亩速度向前推进。林草覆盖率由1981年的29.5%提高到42.9%,水土流失综合治理程度由1998年的20.7%提高到44.3%,水 The vast numbers of cadres and masses in Yan’an, Shaanxi Province, have persistently taken governing soil and water loss as a long-term strategic task of developing the local economy and bringing the masses out of poverty and getting rich. Since 1999, a total of 8.74 million mu of afforestation area has been added in the city with an average annual output of 1.24 million mu move forward. The coverage rate of forest and grass increased from 29.5% in 1981 to 42.9% and the comprehensive control of soil and water loss increased from 20.7% in 1998 to 44.3%