Nanchuan district of SW China's Chongqing becomes bird's paradise (2)

A red-billed leiothrix rests on a branch of a tree in Nanchuan District, southwest China's Chongqing Municipality. (Photo/Qu Mingbin)

In recent years, Nanchuan District, in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, has spent a total of 2.4 billion yuan ($340 million) on ecological restoration, increasing its forest coverage rate to 56 percent and number of bird species from 228 a decade ago to more than 260. The sound ecological environment has made the district a paradise for birds.