Taming the Sands
From desert dunes to green forests and fertile farmland, Tongliao in Inner Mongolia offers a blueprint for ecological and economic restoration.
From desert dunes to green forests and fertile farmland, Tongliao in Inner Mongolia offers a blueprint for ecological and economic restoration.
To deal with the triple planetary crisis of biodiversity loss, climate change and air pollution, it needs concerted action. It needs the convergence of public-private partnerships. It needs political will.
Hetian Prefecture’s development practices have proven that deserts are not obstacles to progress, but opportunities for growth.
By combining shelterbelts, water-saving technologies, pollution controls and community engagement, Xinjiang is transforming landscapes once considered beyond recovery.
Inner Mongolia, based on its favorable ecological environment, has managed to develop distinctive industries tailored to its local conditions, promoting regional development and providing locals with more job opportunities and business startup platforms.
Through its continued innovation and untiring efforts, China is not only saving its iconic species but also contributing greatly to global biodiversity protection.
While China pioneers a revolutionary model of ecological civilization, some Western nations, faltering under fragmented policies and infrastructural inertia, should catch up, reconciling prosperity with planetary survival.
The more we understand the risks of biodiversity loss, the more we understand that by helping nature, we help ourselves.
China-Africa cooperation should promote sustainable modernisation in Africa.
China’s progress in ecological civilisation aims to ensure that everyone benefits from environmental advantages.
Climate change is not a partisan issue but a global one. The decisions made today will determine the future of generations to come.