Retired manager makes wasteland a park

In 1955, 22-year-old Wang Yanming left his hometown in Hebei province for Karamay, in the Gobi Desert, for a job as an oil worker.

In the more than 60 years since, he has witnessed Karamay's transformation from a desert outpost into a modern city.

"There was literally no grass," said Wang, who has been planting trees in Karamay for the past 33 years since retiring as an oilfield manager.