On April 3rd, co-sponsored by the Shaanxi Provincial Committee of the Communist Youth League, the Propaganda Department of Provincial Party Committee, the Provincial Development and Reform Commission and the Provincial Forestry Bureau, the first Forum For Youth Scholars of Qinling Mountain Ecological Environment Protection in Shaanxi Province was held at Northwest University. NWAFU teachers were invited to the opening ceremony and were honored as Youth Scholar of Qinling Mountain Ecological Environmental Protection of Shaanxi Province. They are Han Xinhui and Zhang Chao from College of Agronomy, Jia Hanzhong and Li Ming from College of Natural Resources and Environment, Yu Xuan from College of Forestry, Yang Peizhi from College of Grassland Agriculture, Yang Yidan from College of Humanities and Social Development, and Gao Xuerui from Institute of Soil and Water Conservation. NWAFU representatives of the Volunteer Association of Environmental Protection  and representatives of the Qinling Youth Envoys Association, Wang Xiaoyu, Du Xinyu and Huang Changyu attended the ceremony and the report.

At the forum, keynote speeches mainly focused on the implementation of ecological civilization construction and ecological protection in Qinling, ecosystem services and ecological protection of Qingling mountain, and the planning and design from the perspective of ecological civilization. At the sub-forum of Scientific Protection for Qinling Mountain, more than 100 young scholars, association leaders, and representatives of university student volunteer exchanged ideas of “the interaction between youth, ecology and reform and development in the new era”, “the aid of Communist Youth League for the construction of provincial ecological civilization”  and “the young’s participation in ecological protection of Qinling”, which composed  “The Agreement of the First Youth Forum of Qinling Ecological Environment Protection in Shaanxi Province”.

Translated by: Zhao Rui

Proofread by: Yan Xianhui