ChineseToday | Volunteers build green future on sandy land in NW China-Xinhua
ChineseToday | Volunteers build green future on sandy land in NW China
Source: Xinhua
Editor: huaxia
2026-04-22 23:17:15
MINQIN, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Minqin, sandwiched between China's third- and fourth-largest deserts -- the Badain Jaran and the Tengger, has 94 percent of its land area covered by desert and desertified land. As a result, it is one of China's major sources of sandstorms.
Confronted with pressing survival challenges and the daunting task of desert control, Minqin County has initiated multiple tree-planting campaigns since 2024. Volunteers from all over China came to the county's Zhonglin ecological public welfare forest base to participate in voluntary tree-planting activities.
From the beginning of this year, the base has gathered more than 30,000 volunteers in Minqin's sandy expanse. To date, they have planted over 1 million drought-resistant saplings such as saxaul, making a green promise in the yellow sands.
A drone photo shows volunteers heading to the Zhonglin ecological public welfare forest base of Minqin County, northwest China's Gansu Province, April 21, 2026. (Xinhua/Lang Bingbing)Volunteers dig pits for water storage at the Zhonglin ecological public welfare forest base of Minqin County, northwest China's Gansu Province, April 21, 2026. (Xinhua/Lang Bingbing)A scene of tree-planting is reflected on the goggles of a volunteer at the Zhonglin ecological public welfare forest base of Minqin County, northwest China's Gansu Province, April 21, 2026. (Xinhua/Lang Bingbing)Volunteers pose for a photo at the Zhonglin ecological public welfare forest base of Minqin County, northwest China's Gansu Province, April 21, 2026. (Xinhua/Lang Bingbing)Volunteers insert shovels into the designated area after work at the Zhonglin ecological public welfare forest base of Minqin County, northwest China's Gansu Province, April 21, 2026. (Xinhua/Lang Bingbing)■
