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Xilingol League Held a Campaign for Launching the Hunshandake Desertification Control Key Project in the Fall of 2023 and Voluntary Activities of All Sectors of Society

XILINGOL LEAGUE, China, Oct. 30, 2023 /Xinhua-AsiaNet/--

On October 26, Xilingol League held a campaign for launching the Hunshandake

desertification control key project in the fall of 2023 and voluntary

activities of all sectors of society in Zhenglan Banner, in which over 400

representatives from all sectors of society participated and the local banners

(counties, cities and prefectures) also started their local campaigns for

desertification control at the same time.

Among the four major sandy areas in China, Hunshandake is located closest to

the capital Beijing, with a large and widely distributed area of sandy lands.

In the Xilingol League, the sandy lands of Hunshandake cover an area of 52.942

million mu, which is a major zone in the desertification control of Hunshandake.

In recent years, Xilingol League has been resolutely giving top priority to

environmental protection, focusing on combating desertification in the sandy

area of Hunshandake, and unremittingly promoting the prevention and control of

desertification, according to the Publicity Department of the CPC Xilingol

League Committee. Based on key projects such as the control of sources of sand

and dust storms in the Beijing-Tianjin region, and the comprehensive treatment

of sandy grasslands in the east of Inner Mongolia, Xilingol League has

fulfilled the ecological conservation of forests and grasslands of 23.12

million mu cumulatively and has improved the forest coverage from 7.2% in 2012

to 7.6% in 2022, and the average grassland vegetation coverage from 43.52% in

2001-2011 to 45.14% in 2012-2022; the area of sandy lands has been reduced by a

total of 2.31 million mu, and that of shifting and semi-fixed sandy lands has

been decreased by 4.47 million mu, to achieve the goals of successive "double

growth" of forest and grassland vegetation coverage and "double reduction" in

the area of sandy lands and the degree of desertification.

In 2023, Xilingol League has planned for the comprehensive treatment of sandy

lands of 31.99 million mu, striving to cover an area of 11.2 million mu or over

35% of the total workload before 2025, reach an area of 28.79 million mu or

over 90% of the total workload before 2028, and achieve the goal of treatment

in 2030. Xilingol League will take the launch as an opportunity, to tackle

desertification in the sandy area of Hunshandake by taking scientific measures

and making sustained and long-term efforts.

Source: Publicity Department of the CPC Xilingol League Committee