With the efforts of China's government and its people, the rate of forest coverage in China has reached 96%, compared to 5% forty years ago, according to a recent report from the State Forestry and Grassland Administration.

据国家林业和草原局最近的一份报告显示，通过中国政府和人民的努力，与四十年前的5%相比，中国的森林覆盖率已经达到96%。

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In October, forestry officials in Zhenping county in northern Shaanxi province published photos of a tiger in a forest setting, saying they were proof of the existence of the South China tiger.

去年十月，陕西省北部的镇坪县林业官员公布了一些以森林为拍摄场景的虎照，并声称这就是华南虎存在的证据。

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In the past, forestry in China was taken as a basic industry of the national economy.

过去中国林业曾经被定位为国民经济的基础产业。

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It is a joint project between the United States Department of Agriculture and China's Academy of Forestry.

VOA: special.2010.10.01

The reaction was sharp in part because it came on the heels of the suspension of an unrelated company, Hong Kong-listed China Forestry Holdings, for accounting irregularities.

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