On April 18, the 2025 "我与北京iBeijing" Beijing International Friendship Forest Tree Planting Event was held in Yangfang Town, Changping District, Beijing. Diplomats, foreign experts, and international students from 50 countries—including Germany, Bangladesh, and Pakistan—gathered to plant a friendship forest, adding fresh greenery to the city.

Foreign friends at the Beijing International Friendship Forest Tree Planting Event

[Photo by Qu Chang]

At the site, international participants worked together to dig holes, mound earth into water-retaining basins, and watered the trees together. Kazi Ziaul Hasan, Minister of the Embassy of Bangladesh in China, praised the Beijing International Friendship Forest initiative as highly meaningful, as it brought great benefits to environmental protection and people's lives. He wished the event continues for years to come.

Ishtiaq Muhammad, a Pakistani faculty member from Beijing University of Technology, enthusiastically joined the effort, planting five "friendship trees" alongside other participants. Having lived in Beijing for nearly a decade, Ishtiaq has witnessed firsthand the city's bluer skies and growing greenery. He praised the achievements Beijing has made in achieving green development.

Foreign friends planting trees at the event
[Photo by Qu Chang]

As the largest voluntary tree-planting event for foreigners in Beijing, the International Friendship Forest Tree Planting Event has been held for 10 consecutive years. To date, it has brought together more than 2,900 foreigners living in Beijing from over 120 countries. Together, they have planted and nurtured over 12,100 trees, including Chinese lacebark pines, Chinese scholar trees, and Begonia.

(Source: CRI Online)