Sanming, Fujian is a key collective forest area in southern China. How can we turn green mountains and clear waters into mountains of gold and silver? The answer given by Sanming is reform. As a comprehensive pilot city for forestry reform and development nationwide, Sanming continuously promotes the reform of the collective forest rights system, explores and forms a number of innovative experiences, and the road to transforming the "two mountains" is becoming wider and wider. At the Ecological Civilization Exhibition Hall in Changkou Village, Jiangle County, Sanming City, a forestry carbon ticket with the number "0000001" is neatly displayed on the booth. This is China's first forestry carbon ticket, born in 2021 and issued by the Sanming Forestry Bureau to the Changkou Village Committee. Forestry carbon tickets are issued in the form of tickets to forest owners after converting the carbon sequestration capacity of trees into emission reductions, allowing the carbon sequestration function of trees to be traded as assets. Wu Hui, Deputy Director of the Forestry Bureau of Sanming City, Fujian Province: For example, during large-scale events, various modes of transportation and energy consumption can cause carbon emissions. Therefore, we purchase forestry carbon tickets to offset one of the carbon emissions during this period and achieve carbon neutrality. This carbon ticket was sold for 140000 yuan, and every villager received dividends. As of now, Sanming City has developed a total of 49 forestry carbon ticket projects, reducing carbon emissions by 1.12 million tons. Ecological products can be traded and monetized, and excellent ecology can be exchanged for real money and silver. People can become rich without cutting down trees, and their enthusiasm for afforestation and forest protection has also increased. Zhang Linshun, Party Secretary of Changkoulian Village, Propaganda Committee Member of Gaotang Town, Jiangle County, Sanming City, Fujian Province: We have been guarding the ecology for so many years, and 'air' is starting to sell for money. Everyone should share the same feeling and take better care of our ecology, making this bowl of ecological rice taste better and better. At the Rural Property Rights Trading Center in Shaxian County, Fujian Province, various trading varieties such as forest rights and forestry carbon tickets are bidding online. At the beginning of this year, the 20-year operating rights of 1035 acres of Mosuo Mountain Farm in Heshan Village, Fukou Town, Shaxian District were listed on the Agricultural Exchange Center, with a starting bid of 600000 yuan. After multiple rounds of intense bidding from 9 interested parties, the transaction was completed at a price of 1.03 million yuan, with a premium rate of 71.67%. Wang Zhongyuan, Deputy General Manager of the Rural Property Rights Trading Center in Shaxian County, Fujian Province: More than 99% of the transactions are conducted through online bidding. The value of this asset in the market is determined by the market and investors, which is very different from the traditional village based transactions. Whether it is a buyer or a seller, only by expanding this pool can the value-added premium be significant. The channels for the transformation of "Two Mountains" are constantly expanding, attracting more and more people to participate. Premium transactions have doubled the value of Qingshan and provided villagers with more benefits. As of August 8, 2024, the Rural Property Rights Trading Center in Shaxian County, Fujian Province has listed a total of 3933 items, with 3091 transactions and a transaction amount of 2.11 billion yuan. The comprehensive premium rate of the items reached 15.77%, achieving a premium increase and saving a total of 206 million yuan in funds. Ecological beauty and people's prosperity are the starting point and foothold of Sanming's forest reform. With the continuous deepening of the collective forest rights system reform, the ecological environment quality of Sanming continues to improve. By exchanging green mountains and lush forests for rich people and increased income, Sanming City has embarked on a green development path that benefits ecology, economy, and society, becoming a vivid practice of the new era where "green mountains and clear waters are as valuable as mountains of gold and silver". (New Society)