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GLOBALink | The man who planted a million trees Xinhua 06 Jun 2021, 18:05 GMT+10 YICHUN, June 6, 2021 (Xinhua) Zhang Yingshan, 65, has worked with trees for over 45 years. Following the steps of his father, Zhang became a forestry worker at the Wumahe forestry bureau in northeast China in 1975. Nine years later, he opened the bureau s first family-run forest farm, planting 30 hectares of trees each year. From 1981 to 2011, Zhang, with the help of his wife Yan Yuping, planted around a million trees on the ridge of the Lesser Hinggan Mountains. After retiring at the age of 55, he keeps inspecting trees and cutting down weeds. When I go into those forests and see how fast they grow, I m really pleased, Zhang said. Those trees are like my own children. ....