Province provides key green line of defense against threat of deserts

The history of economic and social development of northwestern Shaanxi province is also a history of desertification control, according to local experts.

Shaanxi is one of the provinces that face the most serious desertification in China. Yulin, a city in northern Shaanxi bordering the Mu Us Desert, is an important line of defense to stop sandstorms from the northwest moving toward southeastern China.

To prevent desertification, Chifeng, another important city in terms of desertfication control in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, and Yulin in northwestern China, are the two most important cities, according to the State Forestry Administration.