On July 1, the newly revised forest law of the people's Republic of China was officially implemented. The new forest law fully embodies the principle of "ecological priority and protection priority", strengthens the protection of natural forests, public welfare forests, precious trees, ancient and famous trees and woodlands, and improves the scientific prevention and disposal of forest fires.

According to the decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on deepening the reform of Party and state institutions and the plan for deepening the reform of Party and state institutions, major reforms have taken place in the system and mechanism of forest fire prevention and control. Emergency departments, forestry departments, public security departments and other departments have responsibilities in forest fire prevention and fighting. The revised forest law fully embodies the spirit of institutional reform. On the basis of continuing to clarify the overall responsibility of local people's governments at all levels for forest fire prevention, it stipulates that the people's governments at or above the county level shall organize and lead emergency management, forestry, public security and other departments to do a good job in scientific prevention, fighting and disposal of forest fires according to the division of responsibilities. These include: organizing and carrying out forest fire prevention publicity activities to popularize forest fire prevention knowledge; delimiting forest fire prevention areas and specifying forest fire prevention period; setting up fire prevention facilities and equipping fire prevention and extinguishing equipment and materials; establishing forest fire monitoring and early warning system to eliminate hidden dangers in time; formulating forest fire emergency plan, organizing fire fighting immediately in case of forest fire; ensuring forest fire prevention and fighting The cost of the disaster. At the same time, it is clear that the national comprehensive fire rescue team should undertake the forest fire fighting task and prevention related work stipulated by the state.

According to the new forest law, local people's governments at all levels should organize relevant departments to establish forest protection organizations to take charge of forest protection work, build forest protection facilities according to actual needs, strengthen the protection of forest resources, urge relevant organizations to conclude forest protection conventions, organize the masses to protect forests, delimit forest protection responsibility areas, and provide full-time or part-time forest protection personnel. The people's governments at the county level or township level may employ forest protectors whose main duties are to patrol and protect the forests. In case of fire, forest pests and acts of destroying forest resources, they shall deal with them in a timely manner and report to the local forestry and other relevant departments.

In addition, the new forest law also stipulates that people's governments at all levels should strengthen forestry infrastructure construction, apply advanced and applicable scientific and technological means, and improve forest management and protection capabilities such as forest fire prevention and forest pest control. All relevant units shall strengthen forest management and protection. State owned forestry enterprises and institutions should increase investment, strengthen forest fire prevention and control of forestry harmful organisms, and prevent and stop acts of destroying forest resources.