(InTibet)CHINA-TIBET-BLACK-NECKED CRANES-PROTECTION (CN)

(InTibet)CHINA-TIBET-BLACK-NECKED CRANES-PROTECTION (CN)

(230305) -- LHASA, March 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yang Le observes animal samples with microscope in a laboratory of the Tibet Plateau Institute of Biology in Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, March 2, 2023. Yang Le, 41, is an associate researcher and deputy director of the Tibet Plateau Institute of Biology. Since graduating from university in 2004, Yang has been dedicated to the research and protection work of wild animals in Lhasa. "I regard black-necked cranes as my children," said Yang. Over the years, Yang has witnessed the continuous increase in the number of black-necked cranes amid the region's thriving biodiversity protection endeavors. Listed as a bird species under national first-class protection, these cranes mainly inhabit plateaus, meadows, marshes, reed swamps, lakeside meadow swamps and river valley swamps at altitudes of 2,500-5,000 meters. Lhunzhub County in Tibet is one of the major wintering habitat of black-necked cranes. The population of black-necked cranes in Tib

CHINA-SICHUAN-CHENGDU-LIFE-WHEELCHAIR (CN)

CHINA-SICHUAN-CHENGDU-LIFE-WHEELCHAIR (CN)

(220906) -- CHENGDU, Sept. 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- He Peng demonstrates how to move from a wheelchair to the bed at a rehabilitation hospital in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, on July 14, 2022. Born in Mianyang, southwest China's Sichuan Province, He Peng, 38, suffered a spinal cord injury in a car accident in 2005, leaving him paraplegic from the neck down. Over the years, he has managed to accomplish a series of rehabilitation training. The first challenge for spinal cord injury patients is to recover their ability to take care of themselves, He Peng said. It took him 5 years from lying in bed to being able to raise his hands and sit up to move. Since then, he started to try out the possibilities by getting a driver's license, traveling, and practicing extreme sports. In 2019, He Peng founded a rehabilitation training camp to help more people with spinal cord injuries receive training and encourage them to go out. In 2021, He and 5 fellow "wheel-mates" drove to Lhasa along the Sichuan-Tib