Young volunteers plant trees near the National Stadium.

School children plant trees at the Olympic Forest Park on the north of the main stadium for the 2008 Olympic Games.

(BEIJING, April 8) -- Millions of Beijing citizens have taken advantage of the favorable climate conditions in April to plant trees to create a better environment for the 2008 Olympic Games.

President Hu Jintao and other senior leaders, leading officials from central government ministries and Beijing municipal departments, officers and men of the military and police, school children and local residents have joined the campaign.

Beijing plans to plant a total of 12,000 hectares of trees, to increase the green coverage of the urban area to 43 percent and the per capital green area to 48 square meters in 2007.

(Photo credit: The Beijing News)

Military and police join tree-planting campaign.

Beijing residents plant peach at the site of the wall relics of Ming Dynasty.

Recycled water is being used to irrigate the grassland.

Beijing citizens volunteer to adopt trees or grasslands

College students in Beijing join tree-planting campaign.