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BEIJING

Exhibition highlights organized crime fight

An online exhibition hall for the national campaign against organized crime was launched on Tuesday. It is being hosted by the national leading group against organized crime under the Communist Party of China Central Committee's Commission for Political and Legal Affairs. The exhibition has 10 theme zones, involving more than 1,300 exhibits, and one section for watching videos related to organized crime. People can access the exhibition by browsing for shce.cctv.com and shce.chinapeace.gov.cn.

SHANXI

Loess Plateau land treated to stop erosion

Shanxi, a province on the Loess Plateau, has treated more than 18,000 square kilometers of land to battle water and soil erosion over the past five years, authorities said on Tuesday. The province plans to treat another 3,666 sq km of land this year, the provincial water resources administration said. Tens of millions of metric tons of mud and sand washed into the Yellow River every year, making up most of the silt that gave the river its name. Thanks to water and soil conservation efforts, the amount of sand running into the Yellow River from the province has dropped from some 400 million tons a year in the early 1950s to less than 20 million tons.

China Daily - Xinhua