With the 41st national Tree Planting Day approaching, SDU teachers and students carried out tree plantings on SDU campuses to beautify the campus environment. On March 12, Guo Xinli, Chairman of the SDU Council, and other university leaders including Wang Qilong, Chen Xiangyang, Lu Yanhua, and Chen Hongwei, participated in the tree planting at Xinglongshan Campus.

On both sides of the Xianzhi Avenue, teachers, faculties and students who participated in the tree planting together earthed up for, watered and fertilized more than 700 newly planted saplings. More than 100 willow branches were also planted by student volunteers on the lakeside of Tiangong Lake, bringing vitality to the campus.

On the same day, tree plantings were also carried out on other campuses. In Jinan, 385 trees were planted in total, including species like cherry trees, American red maple, magnolia, red plum, Chinese rose, privet, pomegranate trees, hibiscus, bamboo, wintersweet and ilex. The faculty of Weihai Campus planted black pines on Majia Mountain to green its hillsides, and more than 200 black pine saplings were rooted in the earth, adding a fresh green hue to Majia Mountain in this spring.

Source: view.sdu.edu.cn

Translated by: Xiang Rui, Zi Hanyue

Edited by: Xie Tingting