New Economic Model Breathes Life into Desert Control
China Daily, November 6, 2013 Adjust font size:
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Workers package finished spirulina products at a workshop within the China Inner Mu Biomass Power Company in Erdos, the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Oct 20, 2013. [China Daily] |
Desertification has long been an ecological problem in China, and a big headache for the Chinese government. Statistics show that more than 1.7 million km2 of the country's territory is now covered by desert, 40 percent of which has aquifers that makes desert control not only possible but much easier.
China has been stepping up efforts on afforestation, desert control, and carbon emissions reduction, in a bid to spur its green transformation amid urbanization and economic restructuring. The country plans to cut carbon emissions relative to GDP by 40 to 45 percent by 2020, compared with 2005 levels.
Guan Minjie, an official with the Ministry of Agriculture, said: "We have to standardize each link of the new economic model to make it big and reproducible nationwide. Only in this way can it become a boon for China and beyond."
"Desert control is part of our Chinese Dream," said Li Junyang, general secretary of IEEPA. "The road ahead is bumpy. But once the chained industry takes off, that dream will naturally come true."
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Spirulina is seen under microscope at one of the company's laboratories in Erdos, Oct 20, 2013. [China Daily] |
