2001年8月31日,九届全国人大常委会第二十三次会议审议通过了《中华人民共和国防沙治沙法》,并于2002年1月1日起正式实施。这是我国乃至世界上第一部防沙治沙的专门法律。防沙治沙法的颁布实施,使我国防沙治沙工作步入了依法预防,依法治理,依法管理的轨道。《防沙治沙法》颁布 On August 31, 2001, the Twenty-Third Meeting of the Ninth National People’s Congress examined and adopted the “Law of the People’s Republic of China on Desertification and Desertification Control” and came into effect on January 1, 2002. This is the first law in our country and even in the world to combat desertification and desertification. The promulgation and implementation of the law on desertification and sand control have made the prevention and control of desertification work in our country into the track of preventing and managing according to law and according to law. “Prevention and Control of Sand” promulgated