Ningxia has made remarkable achievements in desertification control and ecological environment protection

BEIJING, Sept. 11, 2019 (Xinhua) -- Located in the northwestern China, Ningxia is rich in natural beauties ranging from waterside landscape to scenery in cold regions. As an important protection barrier of ecological system in northwestern China, Ningxia plays a significant role in safeguarding the whole country's ecological environment.

Surrounded by deserts on three sides, Ningxia is faced with arduous tasks on desertification control. With 70 years of efforts on intensive afforestation and comprehensive management since 1949, Ningxia became the first in China to make headway in reversing desertification.

The development of Ningxia is closely related to water resources from the Yellow River, the lifeline of many thriving areas. Local people who once lived in uninhabitable, mountainous regions have migrated to better-off places and shake off poverty.

Yellow River in Heishan Gorge area in Zhongwei City, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Feng Kaihua)

Pochards fly above reed marshes at Shahu scenic spot in Pingluo County, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Feng Kaihua)

A view of a business district by the Yuehai Lake in Yinchuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Wang Peng)

A view of Baijitan National Desert Park in Lingwu City, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Wang Peng)

People pave straw checkerboard sand barriers to prevent and control desertification in Changliushui desert area of Zhongwei City, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Feng Kaihua)

Scenery of Jinjiping terrace park in Pengyang County, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Wang Peng)

Rainfed terraced lands in Pengyang County of Guyuan City, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Feng Kaihua)

Liupanshan Mountain and farmlands on its foot in Longde County of Guyuan City, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Wang Peng)

A view of the Huanghe Tower in Qingtongxia City, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Wang Peng)

A memorial pavilion marking the Long March by the Red Army on the Liupanshan Mountain in Longde County of Guyuan City, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Wang Peng)

Scenery of Qianzhuang Village of Longde County in Guyuan City, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Wang Peng)

From Sept. 10 to 12, the "Ningxia Day" event is held at the ongoing Beijing International Horticultural Exhibition to welcome visitors from all over the world.

Tourists visit the Ningxia Garden at the Beijing International Horticultural Exhibition in Beijing. (Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin)

Tourists visit the Ningxia Garden at the Beijing International Horticultural Exhibition in Beijing. (Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin)