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A view of the Arxan National Forest Park, a national park, in Arxan, Hinggan League, Inner Mongolia, China, on June 24, 2023. Photo: CFP
A view of the Yiwanquan Scenic Area in Qitai Farm of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps in Changji, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, China, on June 1, 2023. Photo: CFP
In the Greater Khingan Range area of Heilongjiang Province, the Mohe Forest Farm, China’s northernmost state-owned forest farm, has undulating mountains, overlapping peaks, surging rivers, and primitive magnificence. Photo: CFP
Saihan Tower, Chengde, in Hebei Province. Photo: CFP
Sand control workers lay brush-shaped net rope-type grass grid sand barriers in the Tengger Desert in Zhongwei City, Ningxia. Photo: Xinhua
The Baijitan National Nature Reserve in Lingwu City, Ningxia is a former desert that has become an oasis today. Photo: CFP
In Yinchuan, young volunteers carry out voluntary tree planting and grass grid-making activities in the sand control area of the Baijitan National Nature Reserve in Lingwu, Ningxia. Photo: CFP
A view of the Jiangbulake Scenic Area, located in the eastern parts of Tianshan Mountain, in Qitai county, Changji, Xinjiang, on September 2, 2023. Photo: CFP
A view of the Liusha River Scenic Area in Linze county, Zhangye city, northwest China’s Gansu province, on October 5, 2023. Photo: CFP
A view of the Yiwanquan Scenic Area in Qitai Farm of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps in Changji, Xinjiang on June 1, 2023. Photo: CFP
Workers plant trees in Dingxi, Gansu Province for the sixth phase of the “Three Norths” project. Photo: CFP
Workers plant trees in Dingxi, Gansu Province during autumn afforestation. Photo: CFP
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A view of the Arxan National Forest Park, a national park, in Arxan, Hinggan League, Inner...A view of the Arxan National Forest Park, a national park, in Arxan, Hinggan League, Inner Mongolia, China, on June...
March 11, 2025
China

Turning China’s desert areas into a ‘Green Great Wall’

China launched the Three-North Shelterbelt Forest Programme in 1978, as part of its efforts against...

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A view of the Arxan National Forest Park, a national park, in Arxan, Hinggan League, Inner Mongolia, China, on June 24, 2023. Photo: CFP
A view of the Yiwanquan Scenic Area in Qitai Farm of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps in Changji, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, China, on June 1, 2023. Photo: CFP
In the Greater Khingan Range area of Heilongjiang Province, the Mohe Forest Farm, China’s northernmost state-owned forest farm, has undulating mountains, overlapping peaks, surging rivers, and primitive magnificence. Photo: CFP
Saihan Tower, Chengde, in Hebei Province. Photo: CFP
Sand control workers lay brush-shaped net rope-type grass grid sand barriers in the Tengger Desert in Zhongwei City, Ningxia. Photo: Xinhua
The Baijitan National Nature Reserve in Lingwu City, Ningxia is a former desert that has become an oasis today. Photo: CFP
In Yinchuan, young volunteers carry out voluntary tree planting and grass grid-making activities in the sand control area of the Baijitan National Nature Reserve in Lingwu, Ningxia. Photo: CFP
A view of the Jiangbulake Scenic Area, located in the eastern parts of Tianshan Mountain, in Qitai county, Changji, Xinjiang, on September 2, 2023. Photo: CFP
A view of the Liusha River Scenic Area in Linze county, Zhangye city, northwest China’s Gansu province, on October 5, 2023. Photo: CFP
A view of the Yiwanquan Scenic Area in Qitai Farm of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps in Changji, Xinjiang on June 1, 2023. Photo: CFP
Workers plant trees in Dingxi, Gansu Province for the sixth phase of the “Three Norths” project. Photo: CFP
Workers plant trees in Dingxi, Gansu Province during autumn afforestation. Photo: CFP
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A view of the Arxan National Forest Park, a national park, in Arxan, Hinggan League, Inner Mongolia, China, on June 24, 2023. Photo: CFP
A view of the Yiwanquan Scenic Area in Qitai Farm of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps in Changji, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, China, on June 1, 2023. Photo: CFP
In the Greater Khingan Range area of Heilongjiang Province, the Mohe Forest Farm, China’s northernmost state-owned forest farm, has undulating mountains, overlapping peaks, surging rivers, and primitive magnificence. Photo: CFP
Saihan Tower, Chengde, in Hebei Province. Photo: CFP
Sand control workers lay brush-shaped net rope-type grass grid sand barriers in the Tengger Desert in Zhongwei City, Ningxia. Photo: Xinhua
The Baijitan National Nature Reserve in Lingwu City, Ningxia is a former desert that has become an oasis today. Photo: CFP
In Yinchuan, young volunteers carry out voluntary tree planting and grass grid-making activities in the sand control area of the Baijitan National Nature Reserve in Lingwu, Ningxia. Photo: CFP
A view of the Jiangbulake Scenic Area, located in the eastern parts of Tianshan Mountain, in Qitai county, Changji, Xinjiang, on September 2, 2023. Photo: CFP
A view of the Liusha River Scenic Area in Linze county, Zhangye city, northwest China’s Gansu province, on October 5, 2023. Photo: CFP
A view of the Yiwanquan Scenic Area in Qitai Farm of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps in Changji, Xinjiang on June 1, 2023. Photo: CFP
Workers plant trees in Dingxi, Gansu Province for the sixth phase of the “Three Norths” project. Photo: CFP
Workers plant trees in Dingxi, Gansu Province during autumn afforestation. Photo: CFP
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