Model helps make desert green again

Nations urged to learn from work in Kubuqi to reclaim barren lands

Successful efforts to reforest the once-barren Kubuqi Desert in northern China have boosted regional growth and provided a model for other nations to follow, especially those involved in the Belt and Road Initiative, an international forum was told over the weekend.

The total area of greenery in the desert, the seventh-largest in China, has expanded by more than 6,000 square kilometers in the past three decades.