The afforestation and greening models will be optimized to increase shares of the mixed forests, indigenous and rare tree species. Secondly, the phase II projects for natural forest resource conservation will be implemented, and construction tasks will be seriously fulfilled, following the so-called ‘Four Assignments (i.e. targets, tasks, funds and responsibilities) to Provinces’. Thirdly, plans for the projects under the policy on conversion of sloppy land into forest, key shelter forests in the ‘Three-North’ and middle and lower-reaches of the Yangtze River basin, and the Beijing-Tianjin sandstorm source control among others will be actively prepared and implemented in the 12th FYP period. The coastal shelter forests and high yield fast-growing forests will be further pursued.