Tea farmers pick tea leaves at a green tea base in Zuolong Township, Yongfeng County, Ji'an City, east China's Jiangxi Province, April 28, 2022. [Photo by Liu Haojun/China News Service]

China has released a guideline to strengthen the conservation of water and soil to promote the construction of an ecological civilization in the new era.

The guideline, jointly released by the general offices of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council, details China's targets to strengthen water and soil conservation by 2025 and 2035.