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XI’S THOUGHT | ECOLOGY “WE SHOULD ADHERE TO THE INTEGRATED PROTECTION AND RESTORATION OF MOUNTAINS, RIVERS, Synergy of FORESTS, FARMLANDS, LAKES AND GRASSLANDS.” Grassland President Xi Jinping 3.928 million square kilometers of grassland in China, accounting for more region stressed than 40 percent of the country’s land area.

President calls for awareness of area’s status, function during inspection tour

By CAO DESHENG in , Xi made the remark while pre­ MA ZHENHUAN in , siding over a symposium on ZHOU WENTING in advancing the integrated devel­ and ZHU LIXIN in opment of the region in Hefei, capital of . The symposium China has vowed to step up the was attended by Vice­Premier integrated development of the Han Zheng and other senior offi­ Yangtze River Delta in order to cials of the related departments make the region the pacesetter of from the central government as the new development pattern well as related provincial­level with the domestic market as the officials. mainstay and the domestic and Noting that the region should foreign markets complementing rise to be the trailblazer of China’s each other. technological and industrial inno­ During his inspection tour of vation, Xi said the entire delta Sheep and horses graze on pastureland in Chen Barag Banner, Inner autonomous region, in September. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY Anhui province last week, Presi­ region should not only provide dent Xi Jinping called for a stronger quality products but also serve as a awareness of the status and func­ source of high­level technologies tion of the delta — which involves to support the country’s high­qual­ Grassland aids nation’s green development drive , and Anhui pro­ ity development. vinces and Shanghai — in China’s economic and social development See Delta, page 3 By YANG WANLI in Beijing China has nine provincial-level regions with due to factors such as overgrazing, in order to promote the region’s and YUAN HUI in Hohhot at least 66,600 sq km of grassland: the burrowing of small mammals integrated development amid Inside and climate change, said Gao Wen­ grave and complex domestic and Ting Baatar, a herdsman from yuan, a researcher at the Inner international circumstances. Editorial, page 9 the autonomous Inner Mongolia Mongolia Grassland Work Station. region, had no reservations when autonomous region “Initially, only patches of grass it came to suggesting changes to Uygur appear to die and turn brown,” he RIGHT TRACK traditional grazing practices that autonomous region said. “If the condition is not con­ have helped restore and protect trolled from the beginning, the deg­ the grassland ecosystem. radation will soon spread to more Raising sheep used to be the life­ land. In some severe cases, the land ‘Dual circulation’ policy to blood of tens of thousands of herds­ will be laid bare.” men in Saruultuya Gastaa, in Inner He said a typical case was in Mongolia’s Xiliin Gol League, but Zhuang neighboring Horqin, long famed for boost economic resilience the animals took a tremendous toll autonomous region its beautiful grassland landscape on the environment. but now the country’s largest By ZHOU LANXU Beijing­based fintech conglomer­ The solution Ting, 65, suggested expanse of sandy land, which grew [email protected] ate CreditEase. was switching to raising beef cattle The grassland in the China has six major grassland rapidly from 423,104 sq km in 1959 The pattern focuses on fully — an industry that now has bright nine regions covers a pasturing areas suitable for the to 611,104 sq km in 1987. Thanks to China’s strategic focus on utilizing domestic resources to prospects. total of 3.24 million 82.5 grazing of livestock. They are found 74.5 recent rectification efforts, it now strengthening self­sufficiency empower the economy while fur­ During the second session of the sq km, accounting for in Tibet, Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, covers 408,000 sq km. while deepening opening­up will thering opening­up efforts, 13th National People’s Congress, 82.5 percent of the Qinghai, Sichuan and Gansu and encompass cement its economic resilience and which marks a difference from the country’s top legislature, in country’s total grassland area. 2.92 million sq km of naturally grown Grazing zone limited provide global investors with sta­ the past development mode fea­ March 2019, President Xi Jinping, grassland, 74.5 percent of the country’s total. To prevent grassland desertifica­ bility despite the lingering uncer­ turing rather heavy reliance on who is also general secretary of the Source: National Forestry and Grassland Administration CHINA DAILY tion, China’s central government tainties brought by the COVID­19 external demand and production Communist Party of China Central has prohibited grazing in some pandemic, analysts said on Sunday. factors, especially in natural Committee and chairman of the to protect the ecosystem and guard said Liu Jiawen, deputy director of areas and placed limits on the Their comments were based on resources and high­end technolo­ Central Military Commission, par­ the beautiful scenery on China’s the administration’s Grassland Sur­ practice in others. the country’s recently strength­ gy, Li said. ticipated in a discussion held by northern border.” veillance Center. Action taken by the Inner Mon­ ened commitment to establishing At a symposium with entrepre­ deputies from Inner Mongolia. However, the grasslands suffered golia Forestry Department in the a “dual circulation” development neurs in July, President Xi Jinping Xi said the region’s environment Rich resources from serious overgrazing, leading to early 1980s included limiting areas pattern, in which domestic and explained the consideration behind should be protected firmly and China is a country rich in grass­ degradation and desertification in where grazing was allowed and foreign markets can boost each the proposed new pattern: In the strictly, without any exceptions. land resources. Its natural grass­ the 1980s. encouraging the feeding of live­ other, with the domestic market face of an external environment He also called for stronger protec­ lands, the world’s biggest, cover an Overgrazing, drought and insuf­ stock with fodder. as the mainstay. characterized by rising protection­ tion efforts in line with the princi­ area of 3.92 million square kilome­ ficient protection resulted in severe Ting responded quickly, fencing “Dual circulation” is widely ism, a global economic downturn, ple of working out measures that ters — 12 percent of the global total degradation and desertification in off about 20 hectares of his grassland seen as the most important policy and a shrinking international mar­ suit local conditions. — according to the National Forest­ Xiliin Gol League. In Saruultuya in 1986. The next year, the forage on direction after the well­known ket, China must give full play to the “We should explore new ways for ry and Grassland Administration. Gastaa, 70 percent of the grassland this rested land had almost tripled, supply­side structural reform advantages of its huge domestic high­quality development, which The country’s grasslands occupy suffered from degradation. and many herding families decided drive, and will likely serve as the market to boost its economy and prioritize ecological protection more than 40 percent of its total land Grassland degradation is a biotic to follow his lead. policy framework of the upcom­ the global recovery. and the green economy,” Xi said. area — even larger than the com­ disturbance in which grass strug­ ing 14th Five­Year Plan (2021­25), “More efforts should also be made bined area of farmland and forests, gles to grow or can no longer exist See Drive, page 4 said Li Lin, chief economist at See Policy, page 3 Official: Emergency use of coronavirus vaccines authorized Future scientists

By ZOU SHUO approved the plan not to say that the companies can­ The launch ceremony of the [email protected] for their use on not make a profit from the vacci­ phase three clinical trials in Argen­ June 24 and autho­ nes, but the fundamental rule is tina of the inactivated COVID­19 China has already authorized rized emergency that the profit should be moderate vaccine developed by the company emergency use of COVID­19 vacci­ use of the vaccines and reasonable and based on the was held in Beijing on Friday after nes developed by domestic compa­ on July 22, he said costs of making the vaccines.” CNBG obtained approval for the nies, a senior health official said on in an interview The production capacity for the process. Saturday. with China Central vaccines by domestic companies The inactivated vaccine also Zheng Zheng , head of China’s Television. can meet the demand for emergen­ received approval for phase three Zhongwei COVID­19 vaccine development This came after cy use and ongoing clinical trials, clinical trials in the United Arab task force and an official at the a series of meas­ he added. Emirates on June 23, and in Peru National Health Commission, said ures were set out to ensure that Yang Xiaoming, CEO of China and Morocco on Thursday. the emergency use, which is in emergency use of the vaccines is well National Biotec Group, a subsidiary On June 16, CNBG announced accordance with the Chinese vac­ regulated and monitored, he said. of China National Pharmaceutical that the phase one and phase two cine management law, allows vac­ To prevent a possible resurgence Group (Sinopharm), said the com­ clinical trials of its inactivated vac­ cine candidates to be used for a of the novel coronavirus pandemic pany has signed agreements with cine had demonstrated good per­ Children perform an experiment at a science fair in Hohhot, Inner limited period of time among cer­ in the autumn and winter, the scope several countries on phase three formance in safety and effectiveness Mongolia autonomous region, on Sunday. The local event was one of tain people at high risk of contract­ of people allowed to be inoculated clinical trials of the inactivated vac­ on vaccinated volunteers. No sub­ many marking the start of National Science and Technology Week, ing the disease, such as medical will be further increased to ensure cine developed by the company over jects showed serious adverse reac­ which ends on Thursday. DING GENHOU / FOR CHINA DAILY See story, page 4 workers, front­line pandemic con­ that cities can maintain normal the past months. tions, the company said. trol workers and Customs workers. functions when a health crisis “More than 20,000 people have According to the World Health Applications for the emergency use strikes, he said. been vaccinated,” Yang said. “Vac­ Organization, by Aug 6, six vaccine © 2020 China Daily ,All Rights Reserved ,Vol.24 — No. 7270 of COVID­19 vaccines started on April The price of the vaccines will be cine safety is well guaranteed and candidates have started phase 4, and after various discussions and based on their costs, instead of its effectiveness is being closely three clinical trials, with three A member of the evaluations, the central government market demand, Zheng said. “It’s monitored.” developed by China. Asia News Network