China Global Television Network (CGTN) | By: Wang Xueying | GPE – September 19, 2017:
Desertification is threatening the environment and regional economies. In north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, an experiment is being carried out in the Kubuqi desert to control desertification and even turn it green.
Originally published August 08, 2017: Zhao Rui, a local resident near the desert, has a new job in a solar power station, cleaning sand off the solar panels and tending the licorice beneath.
As one of the largest solar power stations in north China, it took two years to build. The solar power station generates 500 million kilowatt-hours every year. Raising the incomes of local people is vital to the success. And the environment is also benefiting.
According to Tian Junting, the power station’s project manager, they have rented land from local people and then hired them for the construction and maintenance work. This has provided local residents like Zhao with an annual income of 48,000 yuan, over ten times what he made before.
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