Workers share environmental ethic

Li Jinqun lost an arm in an industrial accident, but his daily routine has remained largely unchanged for years. At 7 am, he leaves his house in Taocha, a village in Xichuan county, Henan province, to help clean the Taocha canal, the starting point of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project's central route.

Li, 66, has witnessed the construction of the project over the past 44 years and said he is glad to see it finally reaching completion.

He joined the project back in 1970 and lost his right arm that May in a construction site accident. He was determined to make a contribution and insisted on working after he recovered.