Inner Mongolia panel focuses on transformation to healthier ecology

The importance of environmental protection was highlighted by NPC deputies from the Inner Mongolia autonomous region during a panel discussion attended by President Xi Jinping on Tuesday.

Yu Lixin, a deputy to the National People's Congress and Party secretary of the city of Hulun Buir, said the city will implement Xi's important instructions on environmental protection and ecological restoration.

After the city halted cutting trees in April 2015, a total of 26,300 logging workers got new jobs protecting forests, Yu said, adding that the city has focused on environmental protection and restoration in recent years.