荆门是全省重点林区之一,为加快经济增长方式转变,市委、市政府抓住了绿色经济的发展方向,把兴林富民摆在优先位置。2007年,荆门市委、市政府首次提出建设生态宜居城市,在全市掀起了植树造林的高潮。2008年,荆门被国家林业局确定为全国第一批国家现代林业示范市。 Jingmen is one of the key forest areas in the province. In order to speed up the transformation of the mode of economic growth, the municipal party committee and municipal government have taken the green economy development direction and put the priority of Xinglin and Fumin. In 2007, Jingmen Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government proposed for the first time the construction of an ecologically livable city, setting off the climax of afforestation in the city. In 2008, Jingmen was identified as the first batch of national modern forestry demonstration cities by the State Forestry Administration.