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China Expands Green Belt Around Its Largest Desert

An aerial drone photo taken on April 8, 2025 shows checkerboard sand barriers at a sand-control zone in Minfeng County of Hotan Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Photo by Ding Lei/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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China Completes 750-kV Power Transmission Loop

- Technicians install conductors for a 750-kilovolt (kV) power transmission line linking Minfeng and Qiemo in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 11, 2025. China has finished construction of a 4,197-km extra-high voltage power transmission loop around the Tarim Basin, home to the country's largest desert, marking a major infrastructure milestone in southern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The final section of the 750-kilovolt (kV) loop, now the country's largest of its kind, was connected on Sunday, capping a 15-year project involving nine substations and nearly 10,000 steel towers, according to a subsidiary of State Grid Xinjiang Electric Power Co., Ltd., which constructed the project. Photo by Zhang Limin/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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China Completes 750-kV Power Transmission Loop

- Technicians work on a 750-kilovolt (kV) power transmission line linking Minfeng and Qiemo in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 12, 2025. China has finished construction of a 4,197-km extra-high voltage power transmission loop around the Tarim Basin, home to the country's largest desert, marking a major infrastructure milestone in southern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The final section of the 750-kilovolt (kV) loop, now the country's largest of its kind, was connected on Sunday, capping a 15-year project involving nine substations and nearly 10,000 steel towers, according to a subsidiary of State Grid Xinjiang Electric Power Co., Ltd., which constructed the project. Photo by Zhang Limin/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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China Completes 750-kV Power Transmission Loop

- A train runs under the 750-kilovolt (kV) loop in Minfeng County of Hotan Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 10, 2025. China has finished construction of a 4,197-km extra-high voltage power transmission loop around the Tarim Basin, home to the country's largest desert, marking a major infrastructure milestone in southern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwest China. The final section of the 750-kilovolt (kV) loop, now the country's largest of its kind, was connected on Sunday, capping a 15-year project involving nine substations and nearly 10,000 steel towers, according to a subsidiary of State Grid Xinjiang Electric Power Co., Ltd., which constructed the project. Photo by Ma Yuan/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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China Completes 750-kV Power Transmission Loop

- Staff members work on the final section of the 750-kilovolt (kV) loop in Minfeng County of Hotan Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 13, 2025. China has finished construction of a 4,197-km extra-high voltage power transmission loop around the Tarim Basin, home to the country's largest desert, marking a major infrastructure milestone in southern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwest China. The final section of the 750-kilovolt (kV) loop, now the country's largest of its kind, was connected on Sunday, capping a 15-year project involving nine substations and nearly 10,000 steel towers, according to a subsidiary of State Grid Xinjiang Electric Power Co., Ltd., which constructed the project. Photo by Xinhua/Ding Lei/ABACAPRESS.COM

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China Completes 750-kV Power Transmission Loop

- Staff members work on the final section of the 750-kilovolt (kV) loop in Minfeng County of Hotan Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 13, 2025. China has finished construction of a 4,197-km extra-high voltage power transmission loop around the Tarim Basin, home to the country's largest desert, marking a major infrastructure milestone in southern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwest China. The final section of the 750-kilovolt (kV) loop, now the country's largest of its kind, was connected on Sunday, capping a 15-year project involving nine substations and nearly 10,000 steel towers, according to a subsidiary of State Grid Xinjiang Electric Power Co., Ltd., which constructed the project. Photo by Xinhua/Ding Lei/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Taklimakan Desert Control Afforestation - China

Staff members plant onions in sandy land at a sand-control experimental station in Minfeng County of Hotan Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on April 8, 2025. The Taklimakan Desert in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region covers 337,600 square kilometers and its circumference measures 3,046 kilometers, making it the largest desert in China and the second-largest drifting desert in the world. Thanks to decades-long sand prevention and control efforts, the Taklimakan Desert was completely encircled with a sand-blocking green belt on Nov. 28, 2024. In 2025, Xinjiang aims to afforest a land area of about 796,000 hectares, including 562,666 hectares for frontline control in the Taklimakan Desert. These afforestations form a part of the Three-North Shelterbelt Forest Program, the world's largest afforestation program, which tackles desertification in northwest, north and northeast China. Meanwhile, Xinjiang will further widen the sand-blocking green belt and enhance desert-

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Taklimakan Desert Control Afforestation - China

An aerial drone photo taken on April 8, 2025 shows staff members embedding water pipelines in Minfeng County of Hotan Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The Taklimakan Desert in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region covers 337,600 square kilometers and its circumference measures 3,046 kilometers, making it the largest desert in China and the second-largest drifting desert in the world. Thanks to decades-long sand prevention and control efforts, the Taklimakan Desert was completely encircled with a sand-blocking green belt on Nov. 28, 2024. In 2025, Xinjiang aims to afforest a land area of about 796,000 hectares, including 562,666 hectares for frontline control in the Taklimakan Desert. These afforestations form a part of the Three-North Shelterbelt Forest Program, the world's largest afforestation program, which tackles desertification in northwest, north and northeast China. Meanwhile, Xinjiang will further widen the sand-blocking green belt and enhance desert-lockin

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Taklimakan Desert Control Afforestation - China

An aerial drone photo taken on April 8, 2025 shows checkerboard sand barriers in Minfeng County of Hotan Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The Taklimakan Desert in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region covers 337,600 square kilometers and its circumference measures 3,046 kilometers, making it the largest desert in China and the second-largest drifting desert in the world. Thanks to decades-long sand prevention and control efforts, the Taklimakan Desert was completely encircled with a sand-blocking green belt on Nov. 28, 2024. In 2025, Xinjiang aims to afforest a land area of about 796,000 hectares, including 562,666 hectares for frontline control in the Taklimakan Desert. These afforestations form a part of the Three-North Shelterbelt Forest Program, the world's largest afforestation program, which tackles desertification in northwest, north and northeast China. Meanwhile, Xinjiang will further widen the sand-blocking green belt and enhance desert-locking efforts to

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Taklimakan Desert Control Afforestation - China

An aerial drone photo taken on April 8, 2025 shows checkerboard sand barriers at a sand-control zone in Minfeng County of Hotan Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The Taklimakan Desert in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region covers 337,600 square kilometers and its circumference measures 3,046 kilometers, making it the largest desert in China and the second-largest drifting desert in the world. Thanks to decades-long sand prevention and control efforts, the Taklimakan Desert was completely encircled with a sand-blocking green belt on Nov. 28, 2024. In 2025, Xinjiang aims to afforest a land area of about 796,000 hectares, including 562,666 hectares for frontline control in the Taklimakan Desert. These afforestations form a part of the Three-North Shelterbelt Forest Program, the world's largest afforestation program, which tackles desertification in northwest, north and northeast China. Meanwhile, Xinjiang will further widen the sand-blocking green belt and enhance des

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China Fortifies Green Great Wall To Contain Desert

Workers make straw checkerboards on sandy land in Minfeng County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Dec. 3, 2024. (Xinhua/Wang Fei)

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China Fortifies Green Great Wall To Contain Desert

Bulldozers level sandy land in Minfeng County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Dec. 2, 2024. (Xinhua/Wang Fei)

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China Fortifies Green Great Wall To Contain Desert

A worker makes straw checkerboards on sandy land in Minfeng County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Dec. 3, 2024. (Xinhua/Wang Fei)

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China Fortifies Green Great Wall To Contain Desert

A bulldozer levels sandy land in Minfeng County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Dec. 2, 2024. (Xinhua/Wang Fei)

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China Fortifies Green Great Wall To Contain Desert

A worker makes straw checkerboards on sandy land in Minfeng County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Dec. 3, 2024. (Xinhua/Wang Fei)

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