Ordos city in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region plays an important role in China's desertification control efforts. In Dalad Banner, Ordos, grass grids anchor the sand while a vast expanse of solar panels stretches into view.
Allium mongolicum, an Asian variety of wild onion renowned for its drought and cold resistance, edible value, and sand-fixing function, is not only improving the ecology of Minqin county in Wuwei city, northwest China's Gansu Province, but also boosting the local economy. Nestled between the Badain Jaran and Tengger deserts, the county's year-round arid conditions provide an ideal environment for this wild onion species to flourish.
Specialty agriculture is a signature calling card and the most distinctive advantage of southwest China's Yunnan Province. By developing the entire chain from planting to production and sales, Yunnan has enabled its specialty agricultural products to reach broader markets while boosting residents' incomes.
A China-Europe freight train loaded with automotive parts, aviation components and computer displays departed slowly from Manzhouli railway port in Manzhouli, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, bound for Russia's Vorsino station. The departure marked the port’s milestone of more than 30,000 China-Europe freight train trips.
