Xi calls for turning more deserts green

China will continue to pursue green development, President Xi Jinping said in a congratulatory letter to the Seventh Kubuqi International Desert Forum on Saturday.

China has placed great emphasis on building an ecological civilization and made great headway in the prevention and control of desertification, Xi said in the letter to the opening ceremony to the two-day forum, which was held in Ordos, the Inner Mongolia autonomous region.

Containing desertification in the Kubuqi Desert allows the world to see China's experience in environmental treatment as well as the country progressing toward the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development goals, he said, adding that China actively promoted alignment between international cooperation on the Belt and Road Initiative and the implementation of the 2030 Agenda.