《退耕还林条例》2002年12月6日经国务院第66次常务会议审议通过,2002年12月14日国务院第367号令颁布,并将于2003年1月20日开始实施。这是我国生态建设中的一件大事,标志着我国退耕还林事业从此步入法制化管理轨道。国家林业局退耕还林工程管理办公室主任张鸿文特为本刊撰文,就《退耕还林条例》的有关精神进行了论述,对进一步开展退耕还林工作大有脾益。 The Regulations on Conversion of Cropland to Forestland were reviewed and approved by the 66th executive meeting of the State Council on December 6, 2002 and promulgated by Decree No. 367 of the State Council on December 14, 2002 and will be implemented on January 20, 2003. This is a major event in the ecological construction of our country, marking the turning of the policy of converting farmland into forests in our country into a legalized management track. Zhang Hongwen, director of the SFA Project Management Office, wrote an essay about the spirit of the “Regulations on Returning Farmland to Forests”, which is of great significance to further developing the project of returning farmland to forests.