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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
HOHHOT, May 28 (Xinhua) — Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng has called for greater efforts and more pragmatic measures to achieve new important results in the Three Norths Program, the world’s largest forest planting program to combat desertification in northwest, north and northeast China.
He Lifeng, also a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, made the remarks at a meeting on combating desertification in the Yellow River Bend area held in Bayannur, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, on Tuesday.
The Yellow River is the second longest river in China after the Yangtze. Areas near its bend are among the three key areas for combating desertification under the Three Norths program.
The Vice Premier visited the areas of the water conservancy project, the Yellow River quicksand control project and the new energy storage project.
Pointing out at the meeting that significant progress has been made in advancing the Three Norths program over the past two years, He Lifeng noted that the program is currently at a key stage, stressing the need to clearly understand the current situation and challenges, and steadily implement the important strategic instructions given by Chinese President Xi Jinping.
The Three Norths program was launched in 1978 and is scheduled to be completed by 2050. Its goal is to restore greenery in desertification-prone areas in three northern regions of China.
By 2030, the country aims to achieve significant results in combating desertification in three regions through the Three Norths program: the Hexi Corridor and Taklamak Desert, the Khorqin and Hongshandak sandy lands, and areas near the Yellow River bend. –0–