As of late April, volunteer tree planting initiatives in Inner Mongolia for 2026 have resulted in over 3.13 million trees being planted, with cumulative participation reaching 592,000 person-times. The "Internet + National Voluntary Tree Planting" platform has launched 219 responsibility activities, attracting 91,000 instances of "cloud greening," achieving a dual-drive model of "offline labor + online participation." Inner Mongolia is contributing to the strengthening of China's northern ecological security barrier through practical greening actions by its citizens.

Since March 2026, under the unified deployment of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Forestry and Grassland Bureau, the regional forestry and grassland work stations have actively promoted implementation. Various leagues and cities have responded enthusiastically, seizing the golden spring planting period to fully ignite the 2026 volunteer tree planting campaign. As a key implementation area for the "Three-North" Shelterbelt Program, Inner Mongolia's leagues and cities have fully leveraged the important role of voluntary tree planting in ecological construction, innovating mechanisms and widely mobilizing participants to form distinctive local models.

In Alxa League, the 2026 volunteer tree planting activity launched on March 12, with over 500 participants planting 15,000 desert-adapted seedlings. The league has persistently advanced desertification control, with cumulative treatment area exceeding 100 million mu. The forest coverage rate has increased from 2.96% to 8.42%, while grassland vegetation coverage has risen from below 15% to 23.18%. In 2025 alone, the league saw 408,400 participant engagements and completed planting of 2.33 million trees.

In Baotou City, over 320 cadres, volunteers, and citizens gathered on April 12 to plant more than 1,200 seedlings. Additional planting activities occurred simultaneously in other districts. The city has innovated social participation mechanisms, transforming voluntary tree planting from a seasonal activity into a year-round responsibility. The Rare Earth High-Tech Zone organized corporate "adopt-and-plant" activities in mid-April and established public planting sites open on weekends, combining online and offline participation models.

In Bayannur City, a mass tree planting campaign launched on April 14 with over 2,000 participants planting 42,000 trees. The event innovatively used a "machinery + smart technology + manual labor" cooperative model, employing specialized amendments for saline-alkali land. The main planting site focused on 130 mu of pear seedlings, which will later be grafted to create a high-value economic forest demonstration park.

In Ordos City, the volunteer planting activity commenced on April 16 with over 1,000 local species seedlings planted. In Etuokeqian Banner, engineering-based sand fixation combined with shrub planting became a highlight, using modern techniques like drone seedling transport and mechanized land preparation to significantly improve greening efficiency.