(250501) -- YICHUN, May 1, 2025 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on July 11, 2024 shows a sightseeing vehicle running at Shangganling stream forest park in Yichun, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Stretching across 4 million hectares, the vast forests embrace Yichun City of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province from all directions. According to local forest rangers, nearly half of Yichun's total area has been designated as ecological protection zone. The city's forest stock volume increases by over 10 million cubic meters annually, and its forest coverage rate is more than three times the national average.
With a forest coverage rate of 83.8% and home to Asia's largest primeval Korean pine forest, Yichun enjoys uniquely rich natural endowments. In 2021, all ten counties and districts of Yichun were awarded the title of China's "natural oxygen bar." (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)
