The then premier, Zhu Rongji, suddenly announced an about-face.He set in motion a national ban on logging old forests and a huge reforestation program, and ordered restoration of some of the lakes.

• 当时的总理朱镕基突然宣布了一个向后转的政策，他要求立即执行一项动议，全国范围内禁止砍伐森林，开始植树造林，并且给一些湖泊重新蓄水。