Nation's logging capital goes green

Yichun native Liu Yangshun is one of the more than 70,000 veteran forestry workers laid off in 2013 when his hometown in Heilongjiang province, known as the forest capital of China, decided to go for "green development" and banned any form of commercial logging.

Six years later, Liu is more than happy with his life.

"My family earned more than 120,000 yuan ($17,800) last year, which we would not have imagined years ago," said Liu, who now runs a restaurant specializing in rustic flavors, such as wild fungus and free-range chickens raised in the forests.