The photo, taken on March 19, shows dense artificial forest at Zhongwuqiao Community, Dayandang Town, Lixian County. It was originally a coal slag hill, with an accumulative waste residue amounting to 2.672 million cubic meters.

In recent years, the county government has followed the principle of “making overall arrangements, promoting in an all-round way, proceeding step by step, achieving integrated treatment, and addressing both the symptoms and root causes”. It has created many similar artificial forests, so as to improve the environment of the old mining areas and its surroundings. (Photo/ Bai Yipu)

This article is from Hunan Provincial Government www.enghunan.gov.cn.

Translator: Xiao Juan

Chinese source: hunan.gov.cn