Ten years on, logging ban in Khingan Mountains in NE China revives natural forests

STORY: Ten years on, logging ban in Khingan Mountains in NE China revives natural forests SHOOTING TIME: March 20, 2024/File DATELINE: March 31, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:33 LOCATION: HARBIN, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Khingan Mountains 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): QI YONGGANG, Person in charge of fire prevention in a forest farm in Mohe City 3. various of the Khingan Mountains 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): SHI RUIJUAN, Villager in Beiji Village, Mohe City 5. various of the tourism industry in the Khingan Mountains 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): WANG FUSHENG, Employee, Greater Khingan Forest Industry Group 7. various of agricultural products 8. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): HE XIYAN, Employee, Greater Khingan Forest Industry Group STORYLINE: China's ban on commercial logging in the Khingan Mountains has helped the red pine forest revive its former glory over the past decade. China is home to about 60 percent of the world's red pine trees, with more than half of them scattered in the Lesser Khingan Mo

CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-XI JINPING-INSPECTION (CN)

CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-XI JINPING-INSPECTION (CN)

(230908) -- HARBIN, Sept. 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee Xi Jinping, also Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, inspects the yard of a homestay run by villager Shi Ruijuan at the Beijicun, or "North Pole Village," a riverside border village, in Mohe, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Sept. 6, 2023. Xi inspected northeast China's Heilongjiang Province from Wednesday to Friday. (Xinhua/Ju Peng)

CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-XI JINPING-INSPECTION (CN)

CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-XI JINPING-INSPECTION (CN)

(230908) -- HARBIN, Sept. 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee Xi Jinping, also Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, talks with villager Shi Ruijuan and her family members at the Beijicun, or "North Pole Village," a riverside border village, in Mohe, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Sept. 6, 2023. Xi inspected northeast China's Heilongjiang Province from Wednesday to Friday. (Xinhua/Ju Peng)

CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-MOHE-WINTER TOURISM (CN)

CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-MOHE-WINTER TOURISM (CN)

(230110) -- MOHE, Jan. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Shi Ruijuan, owner of a B&B guesthouse, sweeps the ground in Beiji Village of Mohe, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 7, 2023. Known as China's "North Pole," Mohe has an annual ice and snow period of up to eight months, with the lowest temperature reaching minus 50 degrees Celsius. By virtue of its natural conditions, the city has developed a variety of winter tourism programs in recent years, attracting tourists to experience an "extremely cold journey." (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)