Sand control workers plant seedlings in the ecology restoration area of Elion Resources Group in the Kubuqi Desert in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, April 27, 2023. (Xinhua/Liu Lei)
ERDOS, April 29 (Xinhua) -- Seedling plantation for sand control of the Desert Kubuqi are carried out from March to May every year in the ecology restoration area of Elion Resources Group in Erdos, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
During this period, thousands of workers from nearby northwest China's Gansu Province and Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region are organized to live and work temporarily for nearly two months in the deep desert, contributing to the sand control efforts of Kubuqi.
Kubuqi, the seventh largest desert in China, is a good example of China's success in alleviating desertification. After years of varies input, the desert's vegetation coverage rate has reached 53 percent.
This aerial photo taken on April 25, 2023 shows a temporary accommodation for sand control workers in the ecology restoration area of Elion Resources Group in the Kubuqi Desert in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Liu Lei)
This aerial photo taken on April 27, 2023 shows sand control workers working in the ecology restoration area of Elion Resources Group in the Kubuqi Desert in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Liu Lei)
Zhou Binlu and his wife, both sand control workers, work in the ecology restoration area of Elion Resources Group in the Kubuqi Desert in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, April 27, 2023. (Xinhua/Liu Lei)
Hu Shengzong and his wife, both sand control workers, work in the ecology restoration area of Elion Resources Group in the Kubuqi Desert in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, April 27, 2023. (Xinhua/Liu Lei)
Sand control workers work in the ecology restoration area of Elion Resources Group in the Kubuqi Desert in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, April 27, 2023. (Xinhua/Liu Lei)
Sand control worker Zhou Binlu heads for the next planting site in the ecology restoration area of Elion Resources Group in the Kubuqi Desert in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, April 27, 2023. (Xinhua/Liu Lei)
Sand control worker Mao Fuping heads for the next planting site in the ecology restoration area of Elion Resources Group in the Kubuqi Desert in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, April 27, 2023. (Xinhua/Liu Lei)
Sand control worker Yang Ying heads for the next planting site in the ecology restoration area of Elion Resources Group in the Kubuqi Desert in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, April 27, 2023. (Xinhua/Liu Lei)
A sand control worker works in the ecology restoration area of Elion Resources Group in the Kubuqi Desert in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, April 27, 2023. (Xinhua/Liu Lei)■
