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Achievements made in desert control along Yarlung Zangbo River in SW China

Updated: Aug 23,2018 9:48 AM     Xinhua

Aerial photo taken on July 23, 2018 shows a shelterbelt forest along Yarlung Zangbo River in Naidong district of Shannan, Southwest China’s Tibet autonomous region. Over the past four decades, the Shannan people have made achievements in desert control by building a 1.8-kilometer-wide “green Great Wall” that stretches 160 kilometers. More than 30,000 hectares of desert land in the middle reaches of Yarlung Zangbo River has been reclaimed.[Photo/Xinhua]

Villagers work at a plantation in Naidong district of Shannan, Southwest China’s Tibet autonomous region, Dec 11, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]

Villagers work at a nursery base in Zhanang county of Shannan, Southwest China’s Tibet autonomous region, July 23, 2018. [Photo/Xinhua]

Villagers work at a strawberry planting base in Zhanang county of Shannan, Southwest China’s Tibet autonomous region, July 23, 2018. [Photo/Xinhua]

Villagers plant saplings at a nursery base in Zhanang county of Shannan, southwest China’s Tibet autonomous region, July 23, 2018. [Photo/Xinhua]