Starting the construction of forestry plant quarantine and traceability system in China

The State Forestry Administration has recently issued a circular on carrying out the work of forestry plant quarantine and traceability According to the notice, China has launched the construction of the forestry plant quarantine and traceability system in an all-round way Through the whole process of quarantine and supervision of forestry plants and their products, the system will realize the effective traceability of the source of harmful organisms and their responsibility of spreading, and provide a reliable basis for the investigation and punishment of illegal quarantine behaviors According to the notice, the implementation of forestry plant quarantine and traceability is an important sign of the transformation of forestry pest control from traditional disaster management to modern risk management, an important measure to realize the whole process supervision of forestry plants and their products, and an important measure to effectively prevent the spread of pests, as well as an objective requirement to establish a modern forestry management system The basic idea of the work of forestry plant quarantine and traceability is: Taking the forestry plant quarantine label as the carrier and the quarantine and traceability information system as the platform, establish a traceable plant quarantine management system, and realize the traceable source and responsibility of the spread of forestry pests through the tracking management of the whole process of forestry plants and their products from production, processing, transportation to planting and use, To effectively curb the spread of harmful organisms in forestry and promote the realization of the goal of "double increase" in forestry The main contents of this work include three aspects: one is to establish and improve the digital files of relevant information of production, transportation, quarantine and supervision of forestry plants and their products in combination with the information system of forestry plant quarantine; the other is to apply quarantine labels to the qualified forestry plants and their products in the process of origin quarantine, transportation quarantine and introduction quarantine; the third is to use the forestry plant inspection The epidemic tracing information system tracks the labeled forest plants and their products, and traces the source of the forest plants and their products carrying harmful organisms In accordance with the principle of "pilot first, step-by-step, voluntary participation", the State Forestry Administration has determined five provinces (districts and cities) in Shanghai, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Yunnan and Xinjiang as the first batch of pilot plants to carry out forestry quarantine and traceability From the near future, it will carry out a one-year forestry plant quarantine and traceability pilot work with fruits, seedlings, plates, flowers, etc as the main content, other provinces（ Regions and cities) can also carry out the project voluntarily in combination with local conditions The State Forestry Administration requires all localities to attach great importance to, carefully organize and strengthen cooperation, make full use of the media to do a good job in publicity and mobilization, strengthen training, and effectively improve the awareness of quarantine personnel on the importance, necessity and urgency of quarantine traceability work; each pilot province (District, City) should explore and improve the use method of quarantine labels, database construction content, and quarantine tracing in combination with local reality Review technology and procedures, summarize experience in time, and improve supporting facilities At present, the spread of forest pests in China is becoming more and more serious According to statistics, since the 1980s, there have been 368 species of forest harmful organisms spreading between provinces in China, and 21 species of major forest harmful organisms invading from abroad, 11 species of which have been invading since 2000 The spread hazards of forest pests not only affect the safety of forest resources, foreign trade of forest products and forest food, but also restrict the realization of the goal of "double increase" of forestry.