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Ecological Security Barrier in Northern China

WUWEI, CHINA - JUNE 8, 2025 - Aerial view of the Qingtu Lake sandstorm Governance Area in Minqin County, Wuwei City, Gansu Province, China on June 8, 2025.

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Ecological Security Barrier in Northern China

WUWEI, CHINA - JUNE 8, 2025 - Aerial view of the Qingtu Lake sandstorm Governance Area in Minqin County, Wuwei City, Gansu Province, China on June 8, 2025.

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Ecological Security Barrier in Northern China

WUWEI, CHINA - JUNE 8, 2025 - Aerial view of the Qingtu Lake sandstorm Governance Area in Minqin County, Wuwei City, Gansu Province, China on June 8, 2025.

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Ecological Security Barrier in Northern China

WUWEI, CHINA - JUNE 8, 2025 - Aerial view of the Qingtu Lake sandstorm Governance Area in Minqin County, Wuwei City, Gansu Province, China on June 8, 2025.

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Ecological Security Barrier in Northern China

WUWEI, CHINA - JUNE 8, 2025 - Aerial view of the Qingtu Lake sandstorm Governance Area in Minqin County, Wuwei City, Gansu Province, China on June 8, 2025.

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Ecological Security Barrier in Northern China

WUWEI, CHINA - JUNE 8, 2025 - Aerial view of the Qingtu Lake sandstorm Governance Area in Minqin County, Wuwei City, Gansu Province, China on June 8, 2025.

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Ecological Security Barrier in Northern China

WUWEI, CHINA - JUNE 8, 2025 - Aerial view of the Qingtu Lake sandstorm Governance Area in Minqin County, Wuwei City, Gansu Province, China on June 8, 2025.

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Ecological Security Barrier in Northern China

WUWEI, CHINA - JUNE 8, 2025 - Aerial view of the Qingtu Lake sandstorm Governance Area in Minqin County, Wuwei City, Gansu Province, China on June 8, 2025.

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Ecological Security Barrier in Northern China

WUWEI, CHINA - JUNE 8, 2025 - Aerial view of the Qingtu Lake sandstorm Governance Area in Minqin County, Wuwei City, Gansu Province, China on June 8, 2025.

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Ecological Security Barrier in Northern China

WUWEI, CHINA - JUNE 8, 2025 - Aerial view of the Qingtu Lake sandstorm Governance Area in Minqin County, Wuwei City, Gansu Province, China on June 8, 2025.

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Ecological Security Barrier in Northern China

WUWEI, CHINA - JUNE 8, 2025 - Aerial view of the Qingtu Lake sandstorm Governance Area in Minqin County, Wuwei City, Gansu Province, China on June 8, 2025.

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Ecological Security Barrier in Northern China

WUWEI, CHINA - JUNE 8, 2025 - Aerial view of the Qingtu Lake sandstorm Governance Area in Minqin County, Wuwei City, Gansu Province, China on June 8, 2025.

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Ecological Security Barrier in Northern China

WUWEI, CHINA - JUNE 8, 2025 - Aerial view of the Qingtu Lake sandstorm Governance Area in Minqin County, Wuwei City, Gansu Province, China on June 8, 2025.

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Ecological Security Barrier in Northern China

WUWEI, CHINA - JUNE 8, 2025 - Aerial view of the Qingtu Lake sandstorm Governance Area in Minqin County, Wuwei City, Gansu Province, China on June 8, 2025.

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Ecological Security Barrier in Northern China

WUWEI, CHINA - JUNE 8, 2025 - Aerial view of the Qingtu Lake sandstorm Governance Area in Minqin County, Wuwei City, Gansu Province, China on June 8, 2025.

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Ecological Security Barrier in Northern China

WUWEI, CHINA - JUNE 8, 2025 - Aerial view of the Qingtu Lake sandstorm Governance Area in Minqin County, Wuwei City, Gansu Province, China on June 8, 2025.

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Ecological Security Barrier in Northern China

WUWEI, CHINA - JUNE 8, 2025 - Aerial view of the Qingtu Lake sandstorm Governance Area in Minqin County, Wuwei City, Gansu Province, China on June 8, 2025.

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Ecological Security Barrier in Northern China

WUWEI, CHINA - JUNE 8, 2025 - Aerial view of the Qingtu Lake sandstorm Governance Area in Minqin County, Wuwei City, Gansu Province, China on June 8, 2025.

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Ecological Security Barrier in Northern China

WUWEI, CHINA - JUNE 8, 2025 - Aerial view of the Qingtu Lake sandstorm Governance Area in Minqin County, Wuwei City, Gansu Province, China on June 8, 2025.

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Ecological Security Barrier in Northern China

WUWEI, CHINA - JUNE 8, 2025 - Aerial view of the Qingtu Lake sandstorm Governance Area in Minqin County, Wuwei City, Gansu Province, China on June 8, 2025.

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Ecological Security Barrier in Northern China

WUWEI, CHINA - JUNE 8, 2025 - Aerial view of the Qingtu Lake sandstorm Governance Area in Minqin County, Wuwei City, Gansu Province, China on June 8, 2025.

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Ecological Security Barrier in Northern China

WUWEI, CHINA - JUNE 8, 2025 - Aerial view of the Qingtu Lake sandstorm Governance Area in Minqin County, Wuwei City, Gansu Province, China on June 8, 2025.

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Ecological Security Barrier in Northern China

WUWEI, CHINA - JUNE 8, 2025 - Aerial view of the Qingtu Lake sandstorm Governance Area in Minqin County, Wuwei City, Gansu Province, China on June 8, 2025.

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Ecological Security Barrier in Northern China

WUWEI, CHINA - JUNE 8, 2025 - Aerial view of the Qingtu Lake sandstorm Governance Area in Minqin County, Wuwei City, Gansu Province, China on June 8, 2025.

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Ecological Security Barrier in Northern China

WUWEI, CHINA - JUNE 8, 2025 - Aerial view of the Qingtu Lake sandstorm Governance Area in Minqin County, Wuwei City, Gansu Province, China on June 8, 2025.

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Ecological Security Barrier in Northern China

WUWEI, CHINA - JUNE 8, 2025 - Aerial view of the Qingtu Lake sandstorm Governance Area in Minqin County, Wuwei City, Gansu Province, China on June 8, 2025.

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Ecological Security Barrier in Northern China

WUWEI, CHINA - JUNE 8, 2025 - Aerial view of the Qingtu Lake sandstorm Governance Area in Minqin County, Wuwei City, Gansu Province, China on June 8, 2025.

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Dried-up lake regains life in China's Gansu

STORY: Dried-up lake regains life in China's Gansu DATELINE: April 21, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:13 LOCATION: MINQIN, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of Qingtu Lake 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): DI DUOMING, Secretary of the CPC Party Branch of Shouhao Village in Xiqu Town, Minqin County STORYLINE: A once dried-up lake in Minqin County in China's Gansu Province has been revived thanks to the government's desertification control efforts. Qingtu Lake is located in the lower reaches of the Shiyang River in Minqin County, where China's deserts the Badain Jaran and Tengger meet. It had suffered from drought for over 50 years since the end of the 1950s. The government launched a major project to improve the ecology in the region in 2007. And in 2010, water diversion was implemented to supplement water to Qingtu Lake and boost ecological protection. Since then, the lake has taken on a new look. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): DI DUOMING, Party chief of Shouhao Village in Xiqu Town, Minqin County "Since the water di