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XI’S THOUGHT | ECOLOGY Xi sends condolences over “LUCID WATERS AND LUSH MOUNTAINS ARE INVALUABLE ASSETS.” Vietnam’s ex­leader’s death President Xi Jinping Xi Jinping, general secretary of people to great accomplishments the Communist Party of China in Vietnam’s socialist construction Central Committee and Chinese and renovation. 4.19 million sq km president, sent a message of con­ Xi also said that Phieu was a China’s mountain areas cover 43.65 percent of dolence on Saturday to his Viet­ close comrade and friend of the the country’s land territory, according to the first namese counterpart, Nguyen Phu CPC and the Chinese people, and national geographic survey released in 2017 by Trong, over the passing of Le Kha that he had made outstanding con­ the State Council. Phieu, former general secretary of tributions to the development of the Communist Party of Vietnam China­Vietnam relations featuring Central Committee. “long­term stability, future orienta­ Xi said he was shocked to hear of tion, good­neighborly friendship Phieu’s passing and added that he, and all­round cooperation”. on behalf of the CPC, the Chinese China attaches great importance government and the Chinese peo­ to consolidating and developing ple, as well as in his own name, the traditional friendship between extended deep condolences to the the two countries, and is willing to CPV, the Vietnamese government work with Vietnam in enhancing and the Vietnamese people, and he political mutual trust and strength­ expressed sincere sympathy to ening unity and cooperation in Phieu’s family. order to push forward the relation­ Phieu died at age 88 on Friday in ship between the two parties and Hanoi, Vietnam News Agency two countries, Xi said. reported. He was general secretary He added that under the strong of the CPV Central Committee leadership of the CPV Central Com­ from December 1997 to April 2001. mittee with Trong as the general sec­ Phieu was an outstanding lead­ retary, the socialist cause in Vietnam er of the older generation of the is bound to yield new achievements. CPV and Vietnam, Xi said, adding that he had led the Vietnamese XINHUA

A herd of horses from a local farm gallop at the foot of the Qilian Mountains in Gansu province in May. WANG CHAO / FOR CHINA DAILY MUSIC FANS HEAD FOR BREATH OF FRESH AIR Green drive scales new peaks ◆ Event at Olympic venue marks Officials dismissed, probed over illegal mining in Qilian Mountains return of live performances

By YANG WANLI in Beijing National parks protect ‘lush mountains’ Last August, President Xi Jinping, By CHEN NAN and MA JINGNA in Lanzhou who is also general secretary of the [email protected] Mountain areas comprise a major share of the total area of China’s 10 pilot national Communist Party of China Central While city folk flock to zoos or parks. Some of the country’s most renowned mountains, including Wuyi Mountain in Committee and chairman of the Cen­ Fans are poised to head to an out­ animal parks for a glimpse of wild­ Fujian province and the Qinling Mountains in Shaanxi province, are covered by the parks. tral Military Commission, stressed door music festival being staged at a life, the threats posed by predators Heilongjiang the importance of the ecological pro­ venue for the 2022 Winter Olym­ bands Miserable Faith and such as snow leopards, wolves and tection of the Qilian Mountains. pics, marking the return of live per­ Hedgehog, and young indie acts 4 brown bears are a daily fact of life Jilin “The Qilian Mountains are a formances for the first time since the such as Jiulian Zhenren. for 41­year­old forest ranger Zhao vital shield for ecological security onset of the COVID­19 pandemic. Known as “China’s Woodstock”, Hongshang in the Qilian Moun­ in the western part of China,” he Some of the country’s top rock a reference to an acclaimed United tains in northwestern China’s Gansu said. “This is a positioning in the bands will share stages on Satur­ States rock festival in 1969, the Qinghai province. 1 national strategy.” day and Sunday at the Midi Music Midi Music Festival, which cele­ His base, Qiqing forest station, sits Xi made the remarks at a horse Festival in Chongli district, brates its 20th anniversary this Qinghai at an altitude of 2,900 meters and is YELLOW ranch during an inspection tour of Zhangjiakou, Hebei province. year, has propelled many domestic the highest forest station in Qilian RIVER Gansu, when he also expressed satis­ Shan Wei, the event’s director, indie rock outfits to fame. Mountain National Park — one of 3 faction with the effectiveness of said, “It will be our first outdoor Chongli, Hebei province, about China’s first 10 pilot national parks. Shaanxi nature conservation work in the area. music festival this year and we 220 kilometers from Beijing, was Work on the parks started in 2 can’t wait.” chosen to host the first major out­ 2015, with the aim of further pro­ Sichuan Severe threats All such events arranged for the door Midi Music Festival, as the YANGTZE tecting local ecosystems and wild­ RIVER Qilian Mountain National Park first half of this year had to be location is a popular ski resort cov­ life, and is scheduled to be covers 50,200 square kilometers — called off or postponed due to the ering some 40,000 square meters. It completed this year. 1. Qilian Mountain National Park 68 percent of which lie in Gansu — pandemic, leading to significant is also surrounded by mountains, In August 2018, a pack of wolves Area: 50,200 sq km, covers most of the Qilian Mountains in Gansu and Qinghai provinces. and features forest, grassland, desert financial losses. which keep the summer heat way. chased Zhao and his colleague Ma 2. Giant Panda National Park and wetland landscapes. The lineup for the weekend Xu for about 5 kilometers while Area: 27,134 sq km, including most of the Qinling Mountains. Most of the 10 pilot parks have a festival includes leading rock See Shows, page 2 they were patrolling the forest on 3. Three-River-Source National Park core protected area and a general a motorbike. The wolves sprang Area: 123,000 sq km, mainly on the Qinghai­Tibet Plateau and encompassing the protected area. Regulation is strict­ from a hill beside their route and Bayan Har, Hoh Xil and Tangula mountains. er in the core protected areas, with followed the two rangers for more 4. Northeast China Tiger and Leopard National Park commercial activities, such as tour­ than 10 minutes, with the chase Area: 14,600 sq km, covers part of the Changbai Mountains in northeastern China’s ism, banned and other forms of Economist denounces ending when a truck approached. Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces. human activity kept to a minimum. “We jumped off the motorbike SOURCE: NATIONAL FORESTRY AND GRASSLAND ADMINISTRATION That even applies to local residents, and rushed into the truck,” Zhao who are being relocated from the anti­China ‘Gang of Four’ said. “We were surrounded by 11 working as a forest ranger for strategy of improving the environ­ parks’ core protected areas. wolves. That was very scary. The nearly two decades. For me, noth­ ment and achieving the goal of eco­ The core protected area of Qilian By JI TAO in New York and Pompeo delivered driver hit the horn for a long time. ing could be better than seeing the logical civilization, has boosted Mountain National Park — 27,500 DONG LESHUO in Washington a speech on July 23 at We kept yelling at the wolves and land I’ve protected become green­ animal populations and biodiversi­ sq km — accounts for 55 percent of the Nixon Library in finally scared them away. er and home to more wildlife.” ty in the Qilian Mountains, which its total area. Describing four US high­rank­ California that pro­ “The experience was life­threat­ The construction of the national lie on the border of Qinghai and ing officials as a “Gang of Four” vided “an uncom­ ening, but sweet to me. I’ve been park, part of China’s comprehensive Gansu provinces. See Drive, page 4 who recently took turns delivering fortable bookend to well­orchestrated “tirades” against Stephen the opening­up of China, a renowned US economist Roach US­China relations Chaos in Beirut believes that they attempted to that President Rich­ NPC to decide on legislative “provide support for the politics of ard Nixon initiated with his histor­ China­bashing by the Trump ic visit to China in 1972”, Roach administration” and to “deflect wrote in a column published on operation in HK over deferral attention from the very poor per­ the CNN website on Tuesday. formance” of the administration’s “In a climate where US public handling of the coronavirus as well opinion of China is at a record low, By ZHANG YANGFEI postponed for one year due to the as racial tensions in the country. a confident Gang of Four swung for in Beijing and LI BINGCUN and novel coronavirus pandemic. “The more he can blame China the fences. Unfortunately, their ELEANOR HUANG in Hong Kong In a report submitted to the cen­ and intensify the emotions, the arguments as a whole are largely tral government on July 28, Hong more he can deflect the attention specious, laced with conspiracy China’s top legislative body has Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam away from his inept political per­ theories and devoid of fact­based started deliberating a bill during its Cheng Yuet­ngor said the postpone­ formance,” Stephen Roach, a faculty analytics,” the column said. four­day meeting since Saturday to ment was made due to the recent member at Yale University and Among the four, Barr chose to decide on the arrangements of the COVID­19 situation in the city and former chairman of Morgan Stan­ present the economic case against normal operation of the Hong Kong asked the central government to ley Asia, said in a video interview China in his speech, delivered at Legislative Council after the post­ make relevant arrangements for with China Daily on Wednesday. the Gerald R. Ford Presidential ponement of its election. the vacancies in the Legislative Protesters run away on Saturday from tear gas fired by riot police dur­ In the “Gang of Four”, Roach Library in Michigan on July 16. The State Council has submitted a Council in the coming year. ing a demonstration following Tuesday’s blasts, in Beirut, Lebanon. included national security adviser bill to the Standing Committee of the HANNAH MCKAY / REUTERS See story, page 12 Robert O’Brien, who focused on See Ties, page 3 National People’s Congress request­ See SAR, page 3 China as an ideological threat; FBI ing the top legislature to make a Director Christopher Wray, who Inside decision on the continued operation Inside © 2020 China Daily ,All Rights Reserved ,Vol.24 — No. 7258 addressed espionage; Attorney Gen­ of the sixth Hong Kong LegCo after eral William Barr, who spoke of the • See more, page 12 the election for the seventh LegCo, • See more, page 3 A member of the economic issues; and most recently, • Editorial, page 9 originally scheduled for Sept 6, was • Editorial, page 9 Asia News Network Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. • Comment, pages 9&10