Water-saving Pipeline Production in Zhangye

Water-saving Pipeline Production in Zhangye

ZHANGYE, CHINA - APRIL 2, 2025 - Workers carry out PCP pipeline mold assembly on the PCP pipeline production line of Xinqinglong Pipe Industry in Shandan County, Zhangye city, Gansu province, China on April 2, 2025.

Water-saving Pipeline Production in Zhangye

Water-saving Pipeline Production in Zhangye

ZHANGYE, CHINA - APRIL 2, 2025 - Workers carry out PCP pipeline mold assembly on the PCP pipeline production line of Xinqinglong Pipe Industry in Shandan County, Zhangye city, Gansu province, China on April 2, 2025.

Water-saving Pipeline Production in Zhangye

Water-saving Pipeline Production in Zhangye

ZHANGYE, CHINA - APRIL 2, 2025 - Workers carry out water-saving pipe production at the PCP pipe production line of Xinqinglong Pipe Industry in Shandan County, Zhangye city, Gansu province, China on April 2, 2025.

Water-saving Pipeline Production in Zhangye

Water-saving Pipeline Production in Zhangye

ZHANGYE, CHINA - APRIL 2, 2025 - Workers lift PCP pipe molds on the PCP pipe production line of Xinqinglong Pipe Industry in Shandan County, Zhangye city, Gansu province, China on April 2, 2025.

Water-saving Pipeline Production in Zhangye

Water-saving Pipeline Production in Zhangye

ZHANGYE, CHINA - APRIL 2, 2025 - Workers lift PCP pipe molds on the PCP pipe production line of Xinqinglong Pipe Industry in Shandan County, Zhangye city, Gansu province, China on April 2, 2025.

Water-saving Pipeline Production in Zhangye

Water-saving Pipeline Production in Zhangye

ZHANGYE, CHINA - APRIL 2, 2025 - Workers carry out water-saving pipe production at the PCP pipe production line of Xinqinglong Pipe Industry in Shandan County, Zhangye city, Gansu province, China on April 2, 2025.

Water-saving Pipeline Production in Zhangye

Water-saving Pipeline Production in Zhangye

ZHANGYE, CHINA - APRIL 2, 2025 - Workers work on the PCP pipeline production line of Xinqinglong Pipe Industry in Shandan County, Zhangye City, Gansu province, China on April 2, 2025.

Water-saving Pipeline Production in Zhangye

Water-saving Pipeline Production in Zhangye

ZHANGYE, CHINA - APRIL 2, 2025 - Workers carry out control rolling of steel skeleton on the PCP pipeline production line of Xinqinglong Pipe Industry in Shandan County, Zhangye City, Gansu province, China on April 2, 2025.

Water-saving Pipeline Production in Zhangye

Water-saving Pipeline Production in Zhangye

ZHANGYE, CHINA - APRIL 2, 2025 - Workers carry out water-saving pipe production at the PCP pipe production line of Xinqinglong Pipe Industry in Shandan County, Zhangye city, Gansu province, China on April 2, 2025.

Water-saving Pipeline Production in Zhangye

Water-saving Pipeline Production in Zhangye

ZHANGYE, CHINA - APRIL 2, 2025 - Workers hoist and ship water-saving pipes to the construction site of water-saving project on the PCP pipeline production line of Xinqinglong Pipe Industry in Shandan County, Zhangye city, Gansu province, China on April 2, 2025.

Lanzhou-Zhangye High-Speed Railway Construction

Lanzhou-Zhangye High-Speed Railway Construction

ZHANGYE, CHINA - FEBRUARY 25, 2025 - Builders install concrete mixing at the steel bar processing workshop of the No.1 mixing station of the Lanzhou-Zhangye High-Speed Railway in Shandan, in Zhangye city, Gansu province, China, Feb 25, 2025.

Lanzhou-Zhangye High-Speed Railway Construction

Lanzhou-Zhangye High-Speed Railway Construction

ZHANGYE, CHINA - FEBRUARY 25, 2025 - Builders install steel bar processing equipment at the steel bar processing workshop of the No.1 mixing station of the Lanzhou-Zhangye High-Speed Railway in Shandan, in Zhangye city, Gansu province, China, Feb 25, 2025.

Lanzhou-Zhangye High-Speed Railway Construction

Lanzhou-Zhangye High-Speed Railway Construction

ZHANGYE, CHINA - FEBRUARY 25, 2025 - Builders are finishing precast girder yard of the Lanzhou-Zhangye High-Speed Railway in Shandan, Zhangye city, Gansu province, China, Feb 25, 2025.

Lanzhou-Zhangye High-Speed Railway Construction

Lanzhou-Zhangye High-Speed Railway Construction

ZHANGYE, CHINA - FEBRUARY 25, 2025 - Builders install steel bar processing equipment at the steel bar processing workshop of the No.1 mixing station of the Lanzhou-Zhangye High-Speed Railway in Shandan, in Zhangye city, Gansu province, China, Feb 25, 2025.

Lanzhou-Zhangye High-Speed Railway Construction

Lanzhou-Zhangye High-Speed Railway Construction

ZHANGYE, CHINA - FEBRUARY 25, 2025 - Builders carry out concrete mixing commissioning at the No.1 mixing station of the Zhangye-Zhangye High-Speed Railway in Shandan, Zhangye city, Gansu province, China, Feb 25, 2025.

Yellow Ginseng Harvest in Zhangye

Yellow Ginseng Harvest in Zhangye

ZHANGYE, CHINA - OCTOBER 30, 2024 - Workers pick up bags of Shandan yellow ginseng to be loaded into a truck and transported to a processing workshop in Zhangye city, Gansu province, China, Oct 30, 2024.

Ancient Great Wall Digital Protection

Ancient Great Wall Digital Protection

ZHANGYE, CHINA - JUNE 27, 2024 - Photo taken on June 27, 2024 shows the ancient ruins of Jinshanzi Beacon Tower of the Great Wall in Zhangye city, Gansu province, China. In recent years, Shandan County, Zhangye City, Gansu Province, has used remote sensing surveying and mapping technology and UAV oblique photography technology to carry out three-dimensional reconstruction of Xiakou Ancient City site and other Great Wall sites, and set up digital protection measures such as control network and three-dimensional system of remote sensing data display.

Ancient Great Wall Digital Protection

Ancient Great Wall Digital Protection

ZHANGYE, CHINA - JUNE 27, 2024 - Workers carry out site investigation and data collection at the ancient city section of Xiakou in Zhangye city, Gansu province, China, June 27, 2024. In recent years, Shandan County, Zhangye City, Gansu Province, has used remote sensing surveying and mapping technology and UAV oblique photography technology to carry out three-dimensional reconstruction of Xiakou Ancient City site and other Great Wall sites, and set up digital protection measures such as control network and three-dimensional system of remote sensing data display.

Ancient Great Wall Digital Protection

Ancient Great Wall Digital Protection

ZHANGYE, CHINA - JUNE 27, 2024 - Staff members of the Han Ming Great Wall Protection and Research Center are using a 3D digital platform on a computer to measure the Great Wall and the beacon tower in Zhangye city, Gansu province, China, June 27, 2024. In recent years, Shandan County, Zhangye City, Gansu Province, has used remote sensing surveying and mapping technology and UAV oblique photography technology to carry out three-dimensional reconstruction of Xiakou Ancient City site and other Great Wall sites, and set up digital protection measures such as control network and three-dimensional system of remote sensing data display.

Ancient Great Wall Digital Protection

Ancient Great Wall Digital Protection

ZHANGYE, CHINA - JUNE 27, 2024 - Staff members conduct site investigation and data collection at the JinshanZi section of the Ming Great Wall in Zhangye city, Gansu province, China, June 27, 2024. In recent years, Shandan County, Zhangye City, Gansu Province, has used remote sensing surveying and mapping technology and UAV oblique photography technology to carry out three-dimensional reconstruction of Xiakou Ancient City site and other Great Wall sites, and set up digital protection measures such as control network and three-dimensional system of remote sensing data display.

Ancient Great Wall Digital Protection

Ancient Great Wall Digital Protection

ZHANGYE, CHINA - JUNE 27, 2024 - Staff members conduct on-site investigation and data collection at a beacon tower in the Xitun section of Han Great Wall in Zhangye city, Gansu province, China, June 27, 2024. In recent years, Shandan County, Zhangye City, Gansu Province, has used remote sensing surveying and mapping technology and UAV oblique photography technology to carry out three-dimensional reconstruction of Xiakou Ancient City site and other Great Wall sites, and set up digital protection measures such as control network and three-dimensional system of remote sensing data display.

Ancient Great Wall Digital Protection

Ancient Great Wall Digital Protection

ZHANGYE, CHINA - JUNE 27, 2024 - Workers carry out site investigation and data collection at Jinshanyi section in Zhangye city, Gansu province, China, June 27, 2024. In recent years, Shandan County, Zhangye City, Gansu Province, has used remote sensing surveying and mapping technology and UAV oblique photography technology to carry out three-dimensional reconstruction of Xiakou Ancient City site and other Great Wall sites, and set up digital protection measures such as control network and three-dimensional system of remote sensing data display.

Ancient Great Wall Digital Protection

Ancient Great Wall Digital Protection

ZHANGYE, CHINA - JUNE 27, 2024 - Staff members conduct site investigation and data collection at the JinshanZi section of the Ming Great Wall in Zhangye city, Gansu province, China, June 27, 2024. In recent years, Shandan County, Zhangye City, Gansu Province, has used remote sensing surveying and mapping technology and UAV oblique photography technology to carry out three-dimensional reconstruction of Xiakou Ancient City site and other Great Wall sites, and set up digital protection measures such as control network and three-dimensional system of remote sensing data display.

Ancient Great Wall Digital Protection

Ancient Great Wall Digital Protection

ZHANGYE, CHINA - JUNE 27, 2024 - Tourists visit the Great Wall National Cultural Park in Zhangye city, Gansu province, China, June 27, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua] In recent years, Shandan County, Zhangye City, Gansu Province, has used remote sensing surveying and mapping technology and UAV oblique photography technology to carry out three-dimensional reconstruction of Xiakou Ancient City site and other Great Wall sites, and set up digital protection measures such as control network and three-dimensional system of remote sensing data display.

Ancient Great Wall Digital Protection

Ancient Great Wall Digital Protection

ZHANGYE, CHINA - JUNE 27, 2024 - Photo taken on June 27, 2024 shows the ancient ruins of the "Han and Ming Great Wall existed side by side" in Zhangye city, Gansu province, China. In recent years, Shandan County, Zhangye City, Gansu Province, has used remote sensing surveying and mapping technology and UAV oblique photography technology to carry out three-dimensional reconstruction of Xiakou Ancient City site and other Great Wall sites, and set up digital protection measures such as control network and three-dimensional system of remote sensing data display.

Ancient Great Wall Digital Protection

Ancient Great Wall Digital Protection

ZHANGYE, CHINA - JUNE 27, 2024 - Staff members conduct site investigation and data collection at the JinshanZi section of the Ming Great Wall in Zhangye city, Gansu province, China, June 27, 2024. In recent years, Shandan County, Zhangye City, Gansu Province, has used remote sensing surveying and mapping technology and UAV oblique photography technology to carry out three-dimensional reconstruction of Xiakou Ancient City site and other Great Wall sites, and set up digital protection measures such as control network and three-dimensional system of remote sensing data display.

Ancient Great Wall Digital Protection

Ancient Great Wall Digital Protection

ZHANGYE, CHINA - JUNE 27, 2024 - Workers carry out site investigation and data collection at the ancient city section of Xiakou in Zhangye city, Gansu province, China, June 27, 2024. In recent years, Shandan County, Zhangye City, Gansu Province, has used remote sensing surveying and mapping technology and UAV oblique photography technology to carry out three-dimensional reconstruction of Xiakou Ancient City site and other Great Wall sites, and set up digital protection measures such as control network and three-dimensional system of remote sensing data display.

Ancient Great Wall Digital Protection

Ancient Great Wall Digital Protection

ZHANGYE, CHINA - JUNE 27, 2024 - Workers conduct on-site survey and data collection of trenches and walls at the narrowest part of the Great Wall of Han and Ming Dynasties in Zhangye city, Gansu province, China, June 27, 2024. In recent years, Shandan County, Zhangye City, Gansu Province, has used remote sensing surveying and mapping technology and UAV oblique photography technology to carry out three-dimensional reconstruction of Xiakou Ancient City site and other Great Wall sites, and set up digital protection measures such as control network and three-dimensional system of remote sensing data display.

CHINA-GANSU-GREAT WALL-PROTECTION (CN)

CHINA-GANSU-GREAT WALL-PROTECTION (CN)

(230428) -- LANZHOU, April 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Staff members research on the ancient city of Xiakou via a three-dimensional database in the Shandan cultural relic protection bureau in Shandan County, northwest China's Gansu Province, April 25, 2023. TO GO WITH "Across China: Digital tech plays key role in protecting Gansu Great Wall" (Xinhua/Fan Peishen)

CHINA-GANSU-GREAT WALL-PROTECTION (CN)

CHINA-GANSU-GREAT WALL-PROTECTION (CN)

(230428) -- LANZHOU, April 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This screenshot shows a three-dimensional database of the ancient city of Xiakou in Shandan County, northwest China's Gansu Province. TO GO WITH "Across China: Digital tech plays key role in protecting Gansu Great Wall" (Xinhua)

CHINA-GANSU-GREAT WALL-PROTECTION (CN)

CHINA-GANSU-GREAT WALL-PROTECTION (CN)

(230428) -- LANZHOU, April 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This screenshot shows a three-dimensional database of the ancient city of Xiakou in Shandan County, northwest China's Gansu Province. TO GO WITH "Across China: Digital tech plays key role in protecting Gansu Great Wall" (Xinhua)

CHINA-GANSU-GREAT WALL-PROTECTION (CN)

CHINA-GANSU-GREAT WALL-PROTECTION (CN)

(230428) -- LANZHOU, April 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 25, 2023 shows the ancient city of Xiakou in Shandan County, northwest China's Gansu Province. TO GO WITH "Across China: Digital tech plays key role in protecting Gansu Great Wall" (Xinhua/Fan Peishen)

CHINA-GANSU-GREAT WALL-PROTECTION (CN)

CHINA-GANSU-GREAT WALL-PROTECTION (CN)

(230428) -- LANZHOU, April 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on April 25, 2023 shows the ancient city of Xiakou in Shandan County, northwest China's Gansu Province. TO GO WITH "Across China: Digital tech plays key role in protecting Gansu Great Wall" (Xinhua/Fan Peishen)

Farm Grass Planting Base in Zhangye

Farm Grass Planting Base in Zhangye

ZHANGYE, CHINA - DECEMBER 15, 2023 - Yaks and sheep graze on the 10,000-mu grass planting base of the Shandan military horse farm in Zhangye City, Northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec 15, 2023.

Farm Grass Planting Base in Zhangye

Farm Grass Planting Base in Zhangye

ZHANGYE, CHINA - DECEMBER 15, 2023 - Yaks and sheep graze on the 10,000-mu grass planting base of the Shandan military horse farm in Zhangye City, Northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec 15, 2023.

Farm Grass Planting Base in Zhangye

Farm Grass Planting Base in Zhangye

ZHANGYE, CHINA - DECEMBER 15, 2023 - Yaks and sheep graze on the 10,000-mu grass planting base of the Shandan military horse farm in Zhangye City, Northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec 15, 2023.

Farm Grass Planting Base in Zhangye

Farm Grass Planting Base in Zhangye

ZHANGYE, CHINA - DECEMBER 15, 2023 - Yaks and sheep graze on the 10,000-mu grass planting base of the Shandan military horse farm in Zhangye City, Northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec 15, 2023.

Farm Grass Planting Base in Zhangye

Farm Grass Planting Base in Zhangye

ZHANGYE, CHINA - DECEMBER 15, 2023 - Yaks and sheep graze on the 10,000-mu grass planting base of the Shandan military horse farm in Zhangye City, Northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec 15, 2023.

Farm Grass Planting Base in Zhangye

Farm Grass Planting Base in Zhangye

ZHANGYE, CHINA - DECEMBER 15, 2023 - Yaks and sheep graze on the 10,000-mu grass planting base of the Shandan military horse farm in Zhangye City, Northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec 15, 2023.

Farm Grass Planting Base in Zhangye

Farm Grass Planting Base in Zhangye

ZHANGYE, CHINA - DECEMBER 15, 2023 - Yaks and sheep graze on the 10,000-mu grass planting base of the Shandan military horse farm in Zhangye City, Northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec 15, 2023.

Farm Grass Planting Base in Zhangye

Farm Grass Planting Base in Zhangye

ZHANGYE, CHINA - DECEMBER 15, 2023 - Yaks and sheep graze on the 10,000-mu grass planting base of the Shandan military horse farm in Zhangye City, Northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec 15, 2023.

CHINA-GANSU-SCENERY-GREAT WALL (CN)

CHINA-GANSU-SCENERY-GREAT WALL (CN)

(231210) -- LANZHOU, Dec. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on May 16, 2023 shows a worn-out watchtower of the Great Wall in Shandan County of Zhangye City, northwest China's Gansu Province. Gansu Province is home to multiple sections of the Great Wall that add up to 3,654 kilometers in length. The Hexi Corridor, a critical part of the ancient Silk Road winding through south of the province, boasts more than 1,400 kilometers of the Wall built in the Han Dynasty (202 BC-220 AD), and over 1,200 kilometers erected in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Gansu is therefore dubbed "an open-air museum of the Great Wall." (Xinhua/Chen Bin)

CHINA-GANSU-SCENERY-GREAT WALL (CN)

CHINA-GANSU-SCENERY-GREAT WALL (CN)

(231210) -- LANZHOU, Dec. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on May 15, 2023 shows parallel parts of the Great Wall built in the Han Dynasty (202 BC-220 AD) and the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), respectively, in Shandan County of Zhangye City, northwest China's Gansu Province. Gansu Province is home to multiple sections of the Great Wall that add up to 3,654 kilometers in length. The Hexi Corridor, a critical part of the ancient Silk Road winding through south of the province, boasts more than 1,400 kilometers of the Wall built in the Han Dynasty (202 BC-220 AD), and over 1,200 kilometers erected in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Gansu is therefore dubbed "an open-air museum of the Great Wall." (Xinhua/Chen Bin)

CHINA-GANSU-SCENERY-GREAT WALL (CN)

CHINA-GANSU-SCENERY-GREAT WALL (CN)

(231210) -- LANZHOU, Dec. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on July 15, 2023 shows a relic site in Shandan County of Zhangye City, northwest China's Gansu Province. Gansu Province is home to multiple sections of the Great Wall that add up to 3,654 kilometers in length. The Hexi Corridor, a critical part of the ancient Silk Road winding through south of the province, boasts more than 1,400 kilometers of the Wall built in the Han Dynasty (202 BC-220 AD), and over 1,200 kilometers erected in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Gansu is therefore dubbed "an open-air museum of the Great Wall." (Xinhua/Chen Zhonghao)

Drought in Zhangye

Drought in Zhangye

ZHANGYE, CHINA - AUGUST 23, 2023 - A dry corner of crops is seen during the growing season in Shandan county, Zhangye city, Gansu province, China, August 23, 2023. It is reported that the average temperature in June 2023 in Zhangye City was the highest since 1953. Precipitation has decreased significantly, with an average precipitation of 50.5 mm, the amount of water flowing from rivers has dropped sharply, 17 small and medium-sized reservoirs have reached the state of dead storage capacity, and nearly 200,000 people have difficulties in providing water for their daily lives, suffering the worst drought in the past 70 years.

Drought in Zhangye

Drought in Zhangye

ZHANGYE, CHINA - AUGUST 23, 2023 - A staff member hauls water for horses at the horse breeding base in Shandan County, Zhangye City, Gansu province, China, Aug. 23, 2023. It is reported that the average temperature in June 2023 in Zhangye City was the highest since 1953. Precipitation has decreased significantly, with an average precipitation of 50.5 mm, the amount of water flowing from rivers has dropped sharply, 17 small and medium-sized reservoirs have reached the state of dead storage capacity, and nearly 200,000 people have difficulties in providing water for their daily lives, suffering the worst drought in the past 70 years.

Drought in Zhangye

Drought in Zhangye

ZHANGYE, CHINA - AUGUST 23, 2023 - A drone is used to spray foliar fertilizer to enhance the resistance of plants to high temperature in Shandan county, Zhangye city, Gansu province, China, August 23, 2023. It is reported that the average temperature in June 2023 in Zhangye City was the highest since 1953. Precipitation has decreased significantly, with an average precipitation of 50.5 mm, the amount of water flowing from rivers has dropped sharply, 17 small and medium-sized reservoirs have reached the state of dead storage capacity, and nearly 200,000 people have difficulties in providing water for their daily lives, suffering the worst drought in the past 70 years.

Drought in Zhangye

Drought in Zhangye

ZHANGYE, CHINA - AUGUST 23, 2023 - Drones are used to spray foliar fertilizer to enhance the resistance of plants to high temperature in Shandan county, Zhangye city, Gansu province, China, August 23, 2023. It is reported that the average temperature in June 2023 in Zhangye City was the highest since 1953. Precipitation has decreased significantly, with an average precipitation of 50.5 mm, the amount of water flowing from rivers has dropped sharply, 17 small and medium-sized reservoirs have reached the state of dead storage capacity, and nearly 200,000 people have difficulties in providing water for their daily lives, suffering the worst drought in the past 70 years.

Drought in Zhangye

Drought in Zhangye

ZHANGYE, CHINA - AUGUST 23, 2023 - Firefighters inject water into a water cart for drought-stricken people at a cultural square in Dongle town, Shandan county, Zhangye city, Gansu province, Aug. 23, 2023. It is reported that the average temperature in June 2023 in Zhangye City was the highest since 1953. Precipitation has decreased significantly, with an average precipitation of 50.5 mm, the amount of water flowing from rivers has dropped sharply, 17 small and medium-sized reservoirs have reached the state of dead storage capacity, and nearly 200,000 people have difficulties in providing water for their daily lives, suffering the worst drought in the past 70 years.

Drought in Zhangye

Drought in Zhangye

ZHANGYE, CHINA - AUGUST 23, 2023 - Water technical workers are busy drilling a mechanical well in Shandan county, Zhangye city, Gansu province, China, August 23, 2023. It is reported that the average temperature in June 2023 in Zhangye City was the highest since 1953. Precipitation has decreased significantly, with an average precipitation of 50.5 mm, the amount of water flowing from rivers has dropped sharply, 17 small and medium-sized reservoirs have reached the state of dead storage capacity, and nearly 200,000 people have difficulties in providing water for their daily lives, suffering the worst drought in the past 70 years.