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A million-tree mission

By Han Junhong in Changchun ( China Daily ) Updated: 2017-03-03 07:37:54

Former logger sets goal to improve ecology of area after having a change of heart

After spending almost half his life chopping down trees in Jilin province, Zhao Xihai decided it was time to make a change.

In 1989, the former logger and explosives worker formulated a plan to mitigate some of the damage he had done to the environment over the years - he would plant 100,000 trees before turning 70.

A million-tree mission

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