Animated poster丨China Environment Report 2022: Ecological conditions generally stable

China’s ecological and environmental quality maintained an improving trend in 2022, environmental safety was basically ensured but greater difficulties are expected to sustain the momentum, according to a report from the State Council.

Natural ecological conditions were generally stable. The Ecological Quality Index (EQI) value hit 59.6, reaching Class-II by comprehensive evaluation of ecological quality, maintaining the general level of 2021. National land ecological protection red-line area accounted for more than 30% of the total, forest coverage reached 24.02%, and the comprehensive vegetation cover of grassland reached 50.32%. Annual afforestation area reached 3.83 million hectares, 3.214 million hectares of land were turned into grassland, and a total of 1.8473 million hectares of desertified land were remedied.