CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-BAYANNUR-ULAN BUH DESERT-SAND CONTROL (CN)

Xinhua
20 May 2026, 13:47 GMT+10

(260520) -- BAYANNUR, May 20, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A worker plants saxaul seedlings in Ulan Buh Desert in Dengkou County of Bayannur, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, May 19, 2026. Workers here are busy with the planting and irrigation of saxaul plants as part of the sand control efforts.

In recent years, Dengkou County has effectively promoted the ecological management of Ulan Buh Desert by building windbreak and sand-fixing forest belts, promoting afforestation techniques, and planting drought-tolerant and sand-fixing plants. (Xinhua/Li Zhipeng)

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