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Achievements made in desert control along Yarlung Zangbo River in SW China
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Over the past four decades, the Shannan people have made achievements in desert control by building a 1.8-kilometer-wide "green Great Wall" that stretches 160 kilometers.
Xinhua丨Updated: August 23, 2018
Photo taken on July 23, 2018 shows the scenery of a shelterbelt forest in Zhanang County of Shannan, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. Over the past four decades, the Shannan people have made achievements in desert control by building a 1.8-kilometer-wide "green Great Wall" that stretches 160 kilometers. More than 30,000 hectares of desert land in the middle reaches of Yarlung Zangbo River has been reclaimed. [Photo/Xinhua]
