Sand-prevention green corridor built along desert railway in China's Xinjiang

STORY: Sand-prevention green corridor built along desert railway in China's Xinjiang DATELINE: May 27, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:41 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY/ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of afforestation along the Hotan-Ruoqiang Railway 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): WANG JINZHONG, Chairman, Xinjiang Hotan-Ruoqiang Railway Co., Ltd. 3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): HU GUOXING, Engineering Director, Xinjiang Hotan-Ruoqiang Railway Co., Ltd. 4. various of the Hotan-Ruoqiang Railway STORYLINE: A sand shield green belt has been built along the Hotan-Ruoqiang Railway that runs through the southern rim of the Taklimakan Desert in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. According to the Xinjiang Hotan-Ruoqiang Railway Co., Ltd., the belt is formed by about 50 million square meters of grass grids and 13 million shrub and tree seedlings, stretching 300 km along the railway. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): WANG JINZHONG, Chairman, Xinjiang Hotan-Ruoqiang Railway Co., Ltd. "How to keep the sand off the track during