ENVIRONMENTAL MIGRANTS FIND ARABLE LAND, JOBS

More than 1 million seek better lives in Ningxia

Resettlement of residents from less-developed mountainous southern areas of the Ningxia Hui autonomous region to its northern plains, where more groundwater is available, has taken place in waves over the past three decades.

Some researchers consider this population, totaling more than 1 million, to be one of the world's largest groups of environmental migrants.