中共中央总书记、国家主席、中央军委主席习近平3月30日在参加首都义务植树活动时强调，我连续10年同大家一起参加首都义务植树，这既是想为建设美丽中国出一份力，也是要推动在全社会特别是在青少年心中播撒生态文明的种子，号召大家都做生态文明建设的实践者、推动者，持之以恒，久久为功，让我们的祖国天更蓝、山更绿、水更清、生态环境更美好。

Participating in Beijing‘‘s voluntary tree planting activity on March 30, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, President of the People‘‘s Republic of China and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, said that he had participated in such activities for 10 consecutive years. "I want to do my bit for the Beautiful China initiative, and also to sow the seeds of ecological conservation in the entire society, among the Chinese youth in particular," he stressed. Xi said that he intends to call on all Chinese people to act as participators and promoters in the endeavor for ecological conservation. "With perseverance and accumulated efforts, we will be able to make our country‘‘s sky bluer, mountains lusher, waters clearer and the environment more beautiful," he said.