Former loggers turning over new leaf

The end of logging operations in State-owned forests has resulted in thousands of workers losing their livelihoods and forced local governments to restructure their economies. He Na reports from Yichun, Heilongjiang province.

Xu Huiqing has spent her entire life surrounded by the woodland around Yichun, China's "forest capital", in Heilongjiang province. She was born on a forest farm, worked as a forest ranger for three decades, and her nearest family members all worked in related industries.

It never occurred to Xu that the employment situation would deteriorate to the point that she, her husband, close relatives and colleagues would be forced to consider leaving Yichun to look for work.