Oasis City

<正>Local tour guide witnesses how Jiayuguan has transformed from an industrial city into a comfortable and livable place Cao Yue,a 43-year-old manager of the reception department of a travel agency in Jiayuguan,northwest China’s Gansu Province,said that bananas were not part of her     

Green Desert

Inner Mongolia’s Hobq Desert creates an oasis of wealth Located southwest of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region,the Hobq Desert has become in two decades a symbol of the fight against desertification in China and a meeting place for people interested in the subject.The Hobq International Conference Center is the traditional venue of the biennial Hobq     

Desert Groove

<正>From the far southern reaches of the Sahara,a musical trio brings Tuareg culture to China Born to a family of blacksmiths in the city of Agadez,on the southern edge of the Sahara Desert in Niger,nothing predestined Goumour Omar Adam to become a musician.In fact,his journey into music was     

Deep in the Desert,the Diaolang People

Home of the Daolang People
The term ＂Daolang＂ means in the local dialect ＂a pile here, a pile there,＂ and, by extension, a people that lives in scattered groups. This interpretation accords well with the huntergatherer way of life led by the ancient Daolang people.     

A Family Builds an Oasis

FOR generations Wang Wangui＇s family has lived in Yinda Village, Jiuquan City of Gansu Province. The village is an island of growth surrounded by desert, in an area along western China＇s historic Silk Road that once linked ancient China to the West more than 1,000 years ago.     

Taming the Desert

<正>Efforts to reverse desertification and land degradation in Inner Mongolia offer a template for further exploration In 2000,throughout March and April,Beijing was engulfed in one of the worst spell of sandstorms in history.It was at that time that many Chinese people became acutely aware of the threat of     

Desert Rail Loop

<正>New railway line is expected to bring prosperity to XinjiangFor Hou Chaoru,a teacher in Qiemo County in Ho tan,Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region,the 3,000-km journey back to her home province of Hebei has never been more convenient.The completion of a new cross-desert railway line with a station in Qiemo has significantly shortened what used to be a five-day busand-train pilgrimage back east.     

Desert in Bloom

<正>Surrounded by boundless desert and buffeted by sandstorms,unfrozen at minus20 degrees Celsius,a massive project quietly came into production in the Qaidam Basin of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau on November 30.Designed to effectively utilize the lithium,boron and potassium resources of the Yiliping Salt Lake,the project is now running with an annual production capacity of 300,000 tons of potassium chloride,a chemical with multiple uses     

Miracles in a Desert

People find new ways to harness the Ulan Buh Desert Going into the heart of the Ulan Buh Desert in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, one will be astonished by a large stretch of water.     

Transforming Desert Into Forest

<正>The 13th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification was held in Ordos,Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region,in September.Delegates to the session were impressed by the success that China has made in curbing desertification.The following is an edited version of an article published on the website of Xinhua News Agency on September 13 on the measures that local people have taken to harness the Kubuqi Desert.     

Making the Desert Bloom

One of the world＇s most magnificent deserts lies in Ningxia, a small autonomous region in northwestern China. Occupying up to 60 percent of the region＇s territory, its breathtaking vistas, rolling sand dunes, ancient petroglyphs and mysterious Western Xia royal mausoleums constitute an ecological and cultural treasurehouse.     

A Smart Oilfield City and People-friendly Oasis

IN 1955, 22-year-old Wang Yanming left his hometown in Hebei Province for Karamay in China’s far west. As an oil worker,     

Desert County of Cotton

C OTTON farmer Ab- dula Amuti of Yuli County, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region regards the vast expanse of white cotton about him with justifiable pride. The output of seed cotton on his four hectares of cotton fields this year is 16.8 tons - 600 kilograms up on last year. Yuli County is in central Xinjiang, 502 kilometers from the capital Urumqi and 50 kilometers from the region's sec- ond largest city, Korla, on the borders of the vast Taklimakan Desert. As its high temperatures and …     

Dolan Harvest Festival Rages in the Oasis

A vast desert surrounds and an endless sea of Euphrates poplars decorates the Dolan＇s hometown of Makit. The terrain reflects the character of its inhabitants, straightforward, passionate and bold. When times get tough, singing and dancing become an essential form of coping in Dolan people＇s lives and an event called Meshref or ＂harvest festival＂ takes place featuring music, poetry and dance. When Dolan Muqam arises at the event, the oasis transforms to the hottest spot in the desert.     

沙漠：一个独特的生态系统

地球表面约四分之一的地区，约3370万平方公里，在一定意义上被定义为“沙漠”。从全球来看，很多地区的沙漠，核心地带仍保持着一种原始的最本质的自然状态，体现着这个星球仅剩的最荒芜的景色。     

Green Gift From the Desert

正Northwestern province becomes Hong Kong’s source of treasured veggies The life of Zeng Xiangji, a farmer in Minqin County, Gansu Province in northwest China, is closely linked to Hong Kong although he has never been to the special administrative region (SAR)in the south. In 2017, the 46-year-old started to sell vegetables to Hong Kong, including the     

Holding the Desert at Bay

<正>Chinese people win some battles in taming the deserts Like a long and narrow belt,Hobq Desert stretches hundreds of kilometers in north China.It is one of the largest deserts in China and also the closest to     

An Oasis on the Tropic of Cancer: Moiiang

MOJIANG, the only Hani Autonomous County in China, lies just north of Simao in the southern part of Yunnan Province. The town is home to 210,000 people from the Hani ethnic group, or 59 percent of the county's population. Mojiang is also called "City of the Sun," as it lies in the Tropic of Cancer. Although many of the regions in this tropic are dry, Mojiang     

When the Desert Sands Run Out

正A desert in northwest China is poised to disappearthanks to greening Those who haven't been to the Mu Us Desert in northwest China may not have an opportunity to do so as the desert is disappearing from the map.According to recent statistics from the Shaanxi provincial forestry bureau,93.24 percent of the desert land