A drone photo taken on Sept. 12, 2025 shows workers laying sand barriers at Kubuqi Desert in Hangjin Banner, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. In recent years, Hangjin Banner has been steadily advancing the prevention and control of desertification, implementing projects such as the construction of forest and grassland belts around desert borders, blocking belts across sandstorm paths, as well as photovoltaic belts for sand control purpose, all of which have substantially improved the ecological environment of the Kubuqi Desert. (Xinhua/Li Zhipeng)
A drone photo taken on Sept. 12, 2025 shows workers laying sand barriers at Kubuqi Desert in Hangjin Banner, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. In recent years, Hangjin Banner has been steadily advancing the prevention and control of desertification, implementing projects such as the construction of forest and grassland belts around desert borders, blocking belts across sandstorm paths, as well as photovoltaic belts for sand control purpose, all of which have substantially improved the ecological environment of the Kubuqi Desert. (Xinhua/Li Zhipeng)
Workers lay sand barriers in Kubuqi Desert in Hangjin Banner, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Sept. 12, 2025. In recent years, Hangjin Banner has been steadily advancing the prevention and control of desertification, implementing projects such as the construction of forest and grassland belts around desert borders, blocking belts across sandstorm paths, as well as photovoltaic belts for sand control purpose, all of which have substantially improved the ecological environment of the Kubuqi Desert. (Xinhua/Li Zhipeng)
A worker lays sand barriers in Kubuqi Desert in Hangjin Banner, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Sept. 12, 2025. In recent years, Hangjin Banner has been steadily advancing the prevention and control of desertification, implementing projects such as the construction of forest and grassland belts around desert borders, blocking belts across sandstorm paths, as well as photovoltaic belts for sand control purpose, all of which have substantially improved the ecological environment of the Kubuqi Desert. (Xinhua/Li Zhipeng)
Workers lay sand barriers in Kubuqi Desert in Hangjin Banner, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Sept. 12, 2025. In recent years, Hangjin Banner has been steadily advancing the prevention and control of desertification, implementing projects such as the construction of forest and grassland belts around desert borders, blocking belts across sandstorm paths, as well as photovoltaic belts for sand control purpose, all of which have substantially improved the ecological environment of the Kubuqi Desert. (Xinhua/Li Zhipeng)
An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 12, 2025 shows part of the Kubuqi Desert, where sand control projects unfold, in Hangjin Banner, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. In recent years, Hangjin Banner has been steadily advancing the prevention and control of desertification, implementing projects such as the construction of forest and grassland belts around desert borders, blocking belts across sandstorm paths, as well as photovoltaic belts for sand control purpose, all of which have substantially improved the ecological environment of the Kubuqi Desert. (Xinhua/Li Zhipeng)
A worker unloads Mongolian willows (salix mongolica) at Kubuqi Desert in Hangjin Banner, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Sept. 12, 2025. In recent years, Hangjin Banner has been steadily advancing the prevention and control of desertification, implementing projects such as the construction of forest and grassland belts around desert borders, blocking belts across sandstorm paths, as well as photovoltaic belts for sand control purpose, all of which have substantially improved the ecological environment of the Kubuqi Desert. (Xinhua/Li Zhipeng)
Workers lay sand barriers in Kubuqi Desert in Hangjin Banner, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Sept. 12, 2025. In recent years, Hangjin Banner has been steadily advancing the prevention and control of desertification, implementing projects such as the construction of forest and grassland belts around desert borders, blocking belts across sandstorm paths, as well as photovoltaic belts for sand control purpose, all of which have substantially improved the ecological environment of the Kubuqi Desert. (Xinhua/Li Zhipeng)
Workers lay sand barriers in Kubuqi Desert in Hangjin Banner, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Sept. 12, 2025. In recent years, Hangjin Banner has been steadily advancing the prevention and control of desertification, implementing projects such as the construction of forest and grassland belts around desert borders, blocking belts across sandstorm paths, as well as photovoltaic belts for sand control purpose, all of which have substantially improved the ecological environment of the Kubuqi Desert. (Xinhua/Li Zhipeng)
