Cities in NW China transform saline-alkali lands into planting, cultivation areas

Staff catch fish at an aquaculture base in Helan County, Yinchuan, northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Sept. 20, 2024. In recent years, Yinchuan and Qingtongxia cities in Ningxia have managed to transform the saline-alkali lands into planting and cultivation areas. (Xinhua/Feng Kaihua)

An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 19, 2024 shows a view of a prawn cultivation base built on the saline-alkali land in Helan County, Yinchuan, northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. In recent years, Yinchuan and Qingtongxia cities in Ningxia have managed to transform the saline-alkali lands into planting and cultivation areas. (Xinhua/Wang Peng)

An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 20, 2024 shows a view of a rural ecotourism park built on the saline-alkali land in Helan County, northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. In recent years, Yinchuan and Qingtongxia cities in Ningxia have managed to transform the saline-alkali lands into planting and cultivation areas. (Xinhua/Wang Peng)

A staff member checks Juncao grass growing on the improved saline-alkali land in Qingtongxia City, northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Sept. 23, 2024. In recent years, Yinchuan and Qingtongxia cities in Ningxia have managed to transform the saline-alkali lands into planting and cultivation areas. (Xinhua/Yang Zhisen)

This photo taken on Sept. 19, 2024 shows a view of a rural ecotourism park in Helan County, northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. In recent years, Yinchuan and Qingtongxia cities in Ningxia have managed to transform the saline-alkali lands into planting and cultivation areas. (Xinhua/Yang Zhisen)

This photo taken on Sept. 19, 2024 shows prawns at a prawn cultivation base in Helan County, Yinchuan, northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. In recent years, Yinchuan and Qingtongxia cities in Ningxia have managed to transform the saline-alkali lands into planting and cultivation areas. (Xinhua/Yang Zhisen)

An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 19, 2024 shows a rural ecotourism park in Helan County, northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. In recent years, Yinchuan and Qingtongxia cities in Ningxia have managed to transform the saline-alkali lands into planting and cultivation areas. (Xinhua/Yang Zhisen)

An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 23, 2024 shows a staff member checking Juncao grass growing on the improved saline-alkali land in Qingtongxia City, northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. In recent years, Yinchuan and Qingtongxia cities in Ningxia have managed to transform the saline-alkali lands into planting and cultivation areas. (Xinhua/Wang Peng)

This combo photo shows the construction site of a rural ecotourism park on March 25, 2024 (above), and crops growing in this rural ecotourism park on Sept. 20, 2024 (below, photo by Xinhua photographer Yang Zhisen), in Yinchuan, northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. In recent years, Yinchuan and Qingtongxia cities in Ningxia have managed to transform the saline-alkali lands into planting and cultivation areas. (Xinhua)

This combo photo shows a construction site of a rural ecotourism park on March 25, 2024 (above), and crops growing in this rural ecotourism park on Sept. 20, 2024 (below, photo by Xinhua photographer Yang Zhisen), in Yinchuan, northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. In recent years, Yinchuan and Qingtongxia cities in Ningxia have managed to transform the saline-alkali lands into planting and cultivation areas. (Xinhua)

In this drone photo, staff catch fish at an aquaculture base in Helan County, Yinchuan, northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Sept. 20, 2024. In recent years, Yinchuan and Qingtongxia cities in Ningxia have managed to transform the saline-alkali lands into planting and cultivation areas. (Xinhua/Yang Zhisen)

An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 20, 2024 shows an aquaculture base built on the saline-alkali land in Helan County, Yinchuan, northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. In recent years, Yinchuan and Qingtongxia cities in Ningxia have managed to transform the saline-alkali lands into planting and cultivation areas. (Xinhua/Wang Peng)

This combo photo shows a saline-alkali land on April 4, 2022 (above), and crops growing on the saline-alkali land in a drone photo taken on Sept. 21, 2024 (below, photo by Xinhua photographer Yang Zhisen), in Yinchuan, northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. In recent years, Yinchuan and Qingtongxia cities in Ningxia have managed to transform the saline-alkali lands into planting and cultivation areas. (Xinhua)

A staff member works at a prawn cultivation base in Helan County, Yinchuan, northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Sept. 19, 2024. In recent years, Yinchuan and Qingtongxia cities in Ningxia have managed to transform the saline-alkali lands into planting and cultivation areas. (Xinhua/Wang Peng)

An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 19, 2024 shows a prawn cultivation base built on the saline-alkali land in Helan County, Yinchuan, northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. In recent years, Yinchuan and Qingtongxia cities in Ningxia have managed to transform the saline-alkali lands into planting and cultivation areas. (Xinhua/Yang Zhisen)

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