In Dunhuang, Gansu province, where evaporation is 50 times greater than rainfall, land once considered barren is now thriving thanks to subsurface drip irrigation and organic soil treatment.
The 8th China International Import Expo (CIIE) opened on Nov 5, serving as a vital platform for global trade cooperation and a stage for cultural exchange.
The phrase "the spring breeze never crosses Yumen Pass", from eighth-century poet Wang Zhihuan's Song of Liangzhou, evokes a boundary where the cultivated, clement and civilized empire ended, and the desolate, dangerous badlands began.
