Forestry coverage rate rises in China's Ningxia (2)

A forest covers a village in Jingyuan County, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Aug. 6, 2015. According to Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region's forestry department, forestry coverage rate rises from 8.4 percents in 2000 to 13.8 percents now after the implementation of retiring fragile land from farming and switching it to forestation. (Xinhua/Peng Zhaozhi)