Inner Mongolia to assist in fight against Beijing sandstorms
By Chen Jia | China Daily | Updated: 2013-03-14 07:03
A volunteer with an environmental NGO walks on a desert as part of a desertification project in Dalad Banner, the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, in May 2012. Zhang Fan / Xinhua |
Deputies from the Inner Mongolia autonomous region to the 12th National People's Congress, China's top legislature, have called for upgrading the desertification control project that blocks sandstorms from hitting the country's capital, a measure that gives environmental protection the same weight as economic development.
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