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Xinhua Headlines: Green miracle in China's largest desert

(230925) -- URUMQI, Sept. 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Imam Memet, the first head of the Kekeya forestry station, strolls through the lush woods that he has nurtured over the span of several decades in Aksu Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 30, 2023. (Xinhua/Li Xiang)

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Xinhua Headlines: Green miracle in China's largest desert

(230925) -- URUMQI, Sept. 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows a bulldozer leveling the ground in Kekeya in 1986 (above, file photo), and an aerial view of Kekeya (below, photo taken by Xinhua photographer Li Xiang on Sept. 1, 2023) of Aksu Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Li Xiang)

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Xinhua Headlines: Green miracle in China's largest desert

(230925) -- URUMQI, Sept. 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Aug. 30, 2023 shows a view of Kekeya of Aksu Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Li Xiang)

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Xinhua Headlines: Green miracle in China's largest desert

(230925) -- URUMQI, Sept. 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This series of satellite remote sensing images (from L to R) shows the vegetated areas in 1986,1996, 2006, 2012 and 2022, respectively, in Kekeya Aksu Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua)

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Xinhua Headlines: Green miracle in China's largest desert

(230925) -- URUMQI, Sept. 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows volunteers and forest rangers planting trees in Kekeya in 2006 (above, file photo), and a view of forests in Kekeya (below, photo taken by Xinhua photographer Li Xiang on Aug. 30, 2023) of Aksu Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Li Xiang)

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Green miracle in China's largest desert

STORY: Green miracle in China's largest desert DATELINE: Sept. 25, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:47 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of Kekeya 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): XIE FUPING, Former Party chief of Aksu Prefecture, China's Xinjiang 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): IMAM MEMET, Former head of Kekeya forestry station 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): IMAM MEMET, Former head of Kekeya forestry station 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): SONG JIANJIANG, Staff of Kekeya forestry station STORYLINE: Covering a staggering expanse of 337,000 square kilometers, an area slightly smaller than Germany, Taklimakan is China's largest desert and infamously known as the "Sea of Death." Kekeya is nestled at the northern edge of Taklimakan Desert. Due to its adverse geological location, Kekeya was once notorious for its tumultuous weather and ceaseless sandstorms. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): XIE FUPING, Former Party chief of Aksu Prefecture, China's Xinjiang "(Before the 1980s,) once strong winds blew, the entire city of Aksu