林业工作,由于其公益性,在很大程度上应当算作社会性工作,即与广大人民群众打交道的工作。善不善于与人民群众打交道,可以成为判断林业工作者是否合格的重要标准之一。过去林业工作取得了很大成绩,但也走了一些弯路,固然由于很多历史及现实的原因,但与我们关起门来干林业,有着 Forestry work, because of its public welfare, should to a large extent be counted as social work, that is, dealing with the broad masses of the people. Being poor at being good at dealing with the masses of the people can become one of the important criteria for judging whether a forestry worker is qualified or not. In the past, great achievements have been made in forestry work, but we have also taken some detours. However, due to many historical and practical reasons,